Invisible gold in Colombian auriferous soils

Rodríguez, H. Bustos; Lozano, D. Oyola; Martínez, Y. A. Rojas; Alcázar, G. A. Pérez; Balogh, Adam G.

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-49850-6_95

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“…Numerous studies of soils [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] have been made in many countries by using the combination of the X ray diffraction (XRD) and Mössbauer spectrometry (MS) (even Mössbauer analyses of Martian soil [13] have been reported). Coffee is the most important agricultural product of Colombia.…”

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Characterization of mineral phases of agricultural soil samples of Colombian coffee using Mössbauer spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction

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Soil chemical analysis, X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Mössbauer spectrometry (MS) of 57 Fe were used to characterize mineral phases of samples taken from the productive layer (horizon A) of agricultural coffee soil from Tolima (Colombia). Chemical analysis shows the chemical and textural parameters of samples from two different regions of Tolima, i.e., Ibagué and Santa Isabel. By XRD phases like illite (I), andesine (A) and quartz (Q) in both samples were identified. The quantity of these phases is different for the two samples. The MS spectra taken at room temperature were adjusted by using five doublets, three of them associated to Fe +3 type sites and the other two to Fe +2 type sites. According to their isomer shift and quadrupole splitting the presence of phases like illite (detected by DRX), nontronite and biotite (not detected by XRD) can be postulated.

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