Abstract
THE determination of Fe2+/Fe3+ ratios in complex multi-component minerals poses a difficult and recurring problem for mineralogists. Conventional wet methods of analysis are difficult and they are commonly subject to errors that result from the accidental oxidation of Fe2+ while the specimen is being dissolved. Such methods can give no information concerning relative site occupancy among the various distinguishable crystallographic sites, which is often of interest. Consequently, attempts have been made to develop nondestructive methods of obtaining the desired information; of these, Mossbauer spectroscopy has been most prominent1,2.
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