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The Illite—Aluminoceladonite Series: Distinguishing Features and Identification Criteria from X-ray Diffraction and Infrared Spectroscopy Data

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

Bella B. Zviagina ,
Victor A. Drits ,
Jan Środoń ,
Douglas K. McCarty  and
Olga V. Dorzhieva
Bella B. Zviagina*
Affiliation:
Geological Institute of the Russian Academy of Science, Pyzhevsky per. 7, 119017, Moscow, Russia
Victor A. Drits
Affiliation:
Geological Institute of the Russian Academy of Science, Pyzhevsky per. 7, 119017, Moscow, Russia
Jan Środoń
Affiliation:
Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences — Research Centre in Krakow, ul. Senacka 1, 31-002, Krakow, Poland
Douglas K. McCarty
Affiliation:
Chevron ETC, 3901 Briarpark, Houston, TX 77063, USA
Olga V. Dorzhieva
Affiliation:
Geological Institute of the Russian Academy of Science, Pyzhevsky per. 7, 119017, Moscow, Russia Institute of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry of the Russian Academy of Science, Staromonetny per. 35, 119017, Moscow, Russia
*
*E-mail address of corresponding author: zbella2001@yahoo.com
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Abstract

Al-rich K-dioctahedral 1M and 1Md micas are abundant in sedimentary rocks and form a continuous compositional series from (Mg,Fe)-poor illite to aluminoceladonite through Mg-rich illite. The complexity and heterogeneity of chemical composition and structural features, as well as the lack of reliable diagnostic criteria, complicate the identification of these mica varieties. The objectives of the present study were to reveal the structural and crystal-chemical variability in the illite—aluminoceladonite series, and to define the composition ranges and identification criteria for the mica varieties in the series. A collection of illite and aluminoceladonite samples of various compositions was studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. Analysis of the relationships between unit-cell parameters and cation composition showed that the series includes three groups, (Mg,Fe)-poor illites, Mg-rich illites, and aluminoceladonites, each characterized by a unique combination of unit-cell parameter variation ranges. The distinctive features of aluminoceladonite are reduced values of csinβ and |ccosβ/a| in combination with b parameters that are smaller than those for Mg-rich illites, and slightly greater than those of (Mg,Fe)-poor illites. The compositional boundary between illite and aluminoceladonite occurs at Si = ~3.7 and Mg + Fe2+ = ~ 0.6 atoms per O10(OH)2.

A new approach to the interpretation of the FTIR spectroscopy data involving new relationships between band positons and cation composition of (Mg,Fe)-poor illites, Mg-rich illites, and aluminoceladonites provides additional diagnostic features that include the band positions and profile in the regions of Si—O bending, Si—O stretching, and OH-stretching vibrations. A sharp maximum from the AlOHMg stretching vibration at ~3600 cm−1, the presence of a MgOHMg stretching vibration at 3583–3585 cm−1, as well as characteristic band positions in the Si—O bending (435–, 468–472, and 509–520 cm−1) and stretching regions (985–1012 and 1090–1112 cm−1), are typical of aluminoceladonite.

Keywords

AluminoceladoniteDioctahedral MicaFTIR SpectroscopyIlliteUnit-cell ParametersX-ray Diffraction
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Clays and Clay Minerals , Volume 63 , Issue 5 , October 2015 , pp. 378 - 394
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Copyright © The Clay Minerals Society 2015

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