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http://dx.doi.org/10.22807/KJMP.2020.33.4.427

Semi-quantitative Analysis of Manganese Oxide Mineral in Manganese Nodule From the East Siberian Sea  

Yu, Hye Jin (Department of Geology and Research Institute of Natural Science, Gyeongsang National University)
Shin, Eun Ju (Department of Geology and Research Institute of Natural Science, Gyeongsang National University)
Koo, Hyo Jin (Department of Geology and Research Institute of Natural Science, Gyeongsang National University)
Cho, Hyen Goo (Department of Geology and Research Institute of Natural Science, Gyeongsang National University)
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Korean Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology / v.33, no.4, 2020 , pp. 427-437 More about this Journal
Abstract
Manganese nodules, which are evaluated as potential metal resources, have been found in the Arctic Ocean as well as in the abyssal plains of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Manganese nodules exhibit strong variations in the morphology, internal texture, chemical composition and mineralogy as they grow. The relationship between the texture and chemical elemental composition during the growth process is well documented, but the mineral composition variation during the growth process is not. Because the manganese oxide minerals in nodules are fine-grained and poorly crystalline, quantitative analysis for the mineral composition is challenging for the bulk nodule sample. This study investigated the internal texture and Mn-oxide mineral composition of manganese nodules obtained from the East Siberian Sea. Semi-quantitative analysis was attempted for three main Mn-oxide minerals constituting the manganese nodules (i.e., todorokite, buserite and birnessite) using the peak area ratio of X-ray diffraction analysis graphs. In the East Siberian Sea manganese nodules, birnessite is more abundant than buserite or todorokite, and no correlation is found between the mineral composition and the internal texture. Instead a correlation is found between the relative content of todorokite and the lamellae depth. The todorokite content tends to increase from the surface to the core of the nodules, which can be attributed to a recrystallization process or difference in the growth rate within the nodule. This study shows that semi-quantitative analysis of manganese oxide minerals using the peak area ratio is useful in the mineralogical study of manganese nodules.
Keywords
East Siberian Sea; Manganese nodule; Peak area ratio; Todorokite; Birnessite; Buserite; semi-quantitative analysis;
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