NDLI: Occurrence and distribution of “moganite” in agate/chalcedony: a combined micro-Raman, Rietveld, and cathodoluminescence study

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Author	Götze, Jens Nasdala, Lutz Kleeberg, Reinhard Wenzel, Marita
Copyright Year	1998
Abstract	Agate/chalcedony samples of different origin were investigated by performing Raman, X-ray diffraction (using Rietveld refinement), and cathodoluminescence measurements. These analyses were performed to measure the content and spatial distribution of the silica polymorph moganite, which is considered to represent periodic Brazil-law twinning of α-quartz at the unit-cell scale in agate/chalcedonies. Homogeneous standard samples including the nearly α-quartz free moganite type material from Gran Canaria were analysed in order to compare results of the X-ray diffractometry and Raman spectroscopy techniques and to provide a calibration curve for the Raman results. However, due to the different length scales analysed by the two techniques, the “moganite content” in microcrystalline SiO2 samples measured by Raman spectroscopy (short-range order) was found to be considerably higher than the “moganite content” measured by X-ray diffractometry (long-range order). The difference is explained by the presence of moganite nanocrystals, nano-range moganite lamellae, and single Brazil-law twin-planes that are detected by vibrational spectroscopy but that are not large enough (in the sense of coherently scattering lattice domains) to be detected by X-ray diffractometry. High resolution Raman analysis provides a measure of the moganite content and its spatial variation in microcrystalline silica samples with a lateral resolution in the μm-range. Variations in the moganite-to-quartz ratio are revealed by varying intensity ratios of the main symmetric stretching-bending vibrations (A1 modes) of α-quartz (465 cm−1) and moganite (502 cm−1), respectively. Traces of Raman microprobe analyses perpendicular to the rhythmic zoning of agates revealed that the moganite-to-quartz ratio is often not uniform but shows a cyclic pattern that correlates with the observed cathodoluminescence pattern (colour and intensity). Data obtained from an agate sample from a fluorite deposit near Okorusu, Namibia and from a volcanic agate from Los Indios, Cuba were selected for detailed presentation. Variations of cathodoluminescence and Raman data between single bands in agates suggest alternating formation of fine-grained, highly defective chalcedony intergrown with moganite, and coarse-grained low-defect quartz. Multiple zones indicate dynamic internal growth during a self-organizational crystallization process from silica-rich fluids.
Starting Page	96
Ending Page	105
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00107999
Journal	Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
Volume Number	133
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	14320967
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publisher Date	1998-10-01
Publisher Place	Berlin/Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Geology Mineral Resources Mineralogy
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Geochemistry and Petrology Geophysics

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