DEGEO - Departamento de Geologia
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Item Characterization of beryl (aquamarine variety) from pegmatites of Minas Gerais, Brazil.(2002) Viana, Rúbia Ribeiro; Evangelista, Hanna Jordt; Costa, Geraldo Magela da; Stern, Willem B.Eight samples of the beryl variety aquamarine were selected from four pegmatites in the Governador Valadares and Arac¸uaı´ regions in northeastern Minas Gerais State, Brazil. These samples were fully characterized by chemical analysis, infrared and UV-visible spectroscopy, thermal analyses, and high-temperature X-ray diffraction (from room temperature up to 800 C). Several physical and chemical properties of beryl were found to depend on the amount of water and ions residing in the structural channels. The thermal expansion coefficients from room temperature to about 800 C are temperature-independent, with aa @ )3.2 · 10)6 C)1 and ac @ )8.7 · 10)6 C)1. The contraction of both a and c unit-cell parameters with increasing temperature and the shift of the infrared band centered at about 1200 cm)1 were tentatively ascribed to interactions between channel water and the silicate rings. The color of beryl seems to be dictated by the relative proportions of Fe3+ in the octahedral sites and of fe2+ in the channels. Thus, deep-blue samples have little Fe3+, whereas greener samples have more Fe3+ or less channel Fe2+.Item The unusual Mössbauer spectrum of beryl.(2001) Viana, Rúbia Ribeiro; Costa, Geraldo Magela da; Evangelista, Hanna Jordt; Stern, Willem B.The Mössbauer spectra of several aquamarine samples have been obtained in the temperature range of 4.2–500 K. A common feature observed in all room-temperature spectra is the presence of an asymmetric Fe2+ doublet ( EQ ∼ 2.7 mm/s, δ ∼ 1.1 mm/s), with a very broad lowvelocity peak. This asymmetry is not caused by preferred orientation since the spectrum collected under the magic angle did not show any difference in the line intensities, nor is it caused by the superposition of a Fe3+ doublet. At 4.2 K the spectrum of a deep-blue beryl could be well fitted with three symmetrical doublets, with the major Fe2+ doublet accounting for 87% of the total spectral area. At 14 K the symmetry remains, but at 30 K the low-velocity peak is again broad. Surprisingly, the spectrum at 500 K also shows a broad, but symmetrical doublet, with a clear splitting of the lines indicating the presence of at least two Fe2+ components. The room-temperature spectrum obtained after the 500 K run shows the same features as before the heating. A meaningful fit for the roomtemperature spectrum, as well as an explanation for the temperature dependence of the Mössbauer spectra, are discussed.