Reference Minerals for the Microanalysis of Light Elements

The quantitative determination of light element concentrations in geological specimens represents a major analytical challenge as the electron probe is generally not suited to this task. With the development of new in situ analytical techniques, and in particular the increasing use of secondary ion mass spectrometry, the routine determination of Li, Be and B contents has become a realistic goal. However, a major obstacle to the development of this research field is the critical dependence of SIMS on the availability of well characterized, homogeneous reference materials that are closely matched in matrix (composition and structure) to the sample being studied. Here we report the first results from a suite of large, gem crystals which cover a broad spectrum of minerals in which light elements are major constituents. We have characterized these materials using both in situ and wet chemical techniques. The samples described here are intended for distribution to geochemical laboratories active in the study of light elements. Further work is needed before reference values for these materials can be finalized, but the availability of this suite of materials represents a major step toward the routine analysis of the light element contents of geological specimens.     

The hydrogeochemistry of the Kärkevagge Valley, Lapland, Sweden

The Kärkejokk (jokk = Lappish for brook) is rich in sulfate and calcium, both elements having been considered enigmatic. To resolve these problems we collected waters at 13 sites during 27 June to 1 September 1996. Nine sites were in the Kärkevagge, and the others in the drainage towards lake Torne Träsk. Rain waters were collected the same period. Conductivity, pH, and temperature were measured in the field, whereas salt load and the elements Na, K, Ca, Mg, S, Si, Fe, Al, Mn, Zn, Sr, and Ba were determined in the laboratory.
Mixing models based on rain water and leaching products of the major bedrocks do not explain observed element patterns except in the lower parts of the jokk. However, oxidation of pyrite has formed acid, sulfate–rich solutions that released Ca and Mg from limestones, and Fe, Mn, Al, and Si, from black shales (Malmsten 1998; Malmsten et al. 2000). Conservative mixing models, using rain water, leached bedrock and pyrite, match the jokk waters quite well, and sulfur isotope data corroborate these findings. The nearby Låktajokk, and Vassijokk also contain much S.
Where these waters debouch they may deposit Si, Al, and Ca, but only little S on various rocks. Total rock analyses, thermodynamic and X–ray data suggest that gypsum, barite, or alunite are not formed in major quantities.
These models show that the hydrogeochemistry of the Kärkejokk may be less enigmatic than often assumed.     

Die Verfeinerung der Kristallstrukturen von PbCl2 (Cotunnit), BaCl2, PbSO4 (Anglesit) und BaSO4 (Baryt)

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology - Das 2-wertige Blei und das 2-wertige Barium kommen in einander entsprechenden Verbindungen sowohl gleich als auch unterschiedlich koordiniert vor. Die...     

Die ≪Strahlung≫ bei Pouillet und Kirchhoff

Zusammenfassung Der Widerspruch zwischen den Strahlungsgesetzen der Physik und der Definition der Strahlung durchPouillet, die allen bisherigen Strahlungs-Messungen zu Grunde liegt, wird am Modell des schwarzstrahlenden Hohlraums vonKirchhoff gezeigt. Auch die Bestimmungen der Solarkonstante (Kalitins's Liste) sind verloren.

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Summary The contradiction ofPouillet's radiation and the physical laws of radiation sinceKirchhoff, Boltzmann-Stefan, Wien, Lummer andKurlbaum is by the model of the black radiating body ofKirchhoff demonstrated. The measurements of radiation have followed til now to the antiquated idea ofPouillet. The determination of the solar constant as inKalitin's list represented also is lost.

     

Carbon-13 NMR spectra of macerals separated from individual coals

The density gradient centrifugation technique has recently been applied to the separation of macerals from whole coals. Sufficient quantities have been separated to permit examination of pure exinite, vitrinite and inertinite fractions by combined cross polarization and magic angle sample spinning (CP/MASS) carbon-13 NMR techniques. The similarities and differences observed in the maceral groups of two coals are discussed. Diversity in precursors or in differential chemical maturation or a combination of both of these factors can be used to account for subtle spectral differences in the two coals and macerals studied even though the gross spectral features are very similar for a given maceral type. The data show that CP/MASS is a technique that can address such interesting geochemical questions.     

First terrestrial occurrence of roedderite in volcanic ejecta of the Eifel,Germany

Idiomorphic crystals of roedderite occur in melt-coated cavities of xenoliths of contact-altered quartz-sillimanite and quartz-feldspar gneisses which were ejected with the tephritic lava of the Bellerberg volcano. Physical and chemical properties of three different sets of crystals agree generally with those of roedderites from meteorites, in which so far the mineral had been found exclusively. In detail, however, there are characteristic chemical differences amongst the Eifel roedderites with one set of crystals matching closely the ideal formula (Na,K)₂Mg₅ Si₁₂O₃₀, a second set containing excess alkalies according to the substitution Na⁺0.5 Mg²⁺, and a third set richer in iron having an alkali deficiency following Fe³⁺Fe²⁺+Na⁺.The terrestrial roedderites are considered to be precipitates from highly alkaline, MgSi-rich, but Aldeficient gas phases that evolved through contact heating of the gneisses by the tephrite magma.     

The lunar fossil bulge hypothesis revisited

The lunar gravity field can be satisfactorily explained by relatively-small wavelength, density anomalies located near the lunar surface. The exceptions to this are the second degree harmonics and we postulate a dual origin for these terms; they are partly a consequence of the same near-surface anomalies as the remainder of the gravity field and partly a measure of a fossil bulge. This latter contribution represents an equilibrium condition preserved from a time when the synchronously rotating Moon was approximately 25 Earth-radii from the Earth. If this shape was acquired at some time soon after 4.0 · 10⁹ years ago, then the rate of dissipation of tidal energy in the Earth has been much lower in the past then it is now. The implications of this on the evolution of the Earth-Moon system are briefly discussed.     

A simple method for calculating displacements and stresses around tunnel openings an application for the microcomputer

SummaryA Simple Method for Calculating Displacements and Stresses Around Tunnel Openings — An Application for the Microcomputer The paper describes a program, written for an Apple-II/Plus Microcomputer, and designed to calculate the perimetral elastic deformations and tangential stresses around underground openings of non-circular section. The mathematical basis used in this program first appeared in a paper by Dr. E. Wisser, published in Rock Mechanics. The Appendix gives the list of the program and all instructions which a user, familiar with computers, may require.With 5 Figures