Abstract
Hematite is a characteristic mineral of Liesegang rock in the pyrophyllite ore deposits, Shobara district, southwestern Japan. The mineral intimately coexists with fine-grained pyrophyllite and quartz. The hematite crystals are characteristically needle-shaped to fibrous, and several microns in length, and can only be observed by high-magnification reflected light microscopy with oil immersion lens. They occur as ring-shaped aggregates several tens of microns in diameter. Moreover, the crystals are often arranged radially within the rings. Microprobe analyses reveal that hematite crystals are almost pure iron oxide, with less than 0.9 wt.% Ti. X-ray powder diffraction patterns and reflection intensities indicate that hematite is the only iron mineral in the Liesegang rock, i.e., no hydrous iron oxides are present. This observation was also confirmed by examinations of water content and infrared spectroscopy.
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