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Structural Characterization and Vibrational Spectroscopy of the Arsenate Mineral Wendwilsonite ⇑ Ray L Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 118 (2014) 737–743 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/saa Structural characterization and vibrational spectroscopy of the arsenate mineral wendwilsonite ⇑ Ray L. Frost a, , Ricardo Scholz b, Andrés López a, Fernanda Maria Belotti c, Yunfei Xi a a School of Chemistry, Physics and Mechanical Engineering, Science and Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia b Geology Department, School of Mines, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Campus Morro do Cruzeiro, Ouro Preto, MG 35400-00, Brazil c Federal University of Itajubá, Campus Itabira, Itabira, MG, Brazil highlights graphical abstract We have studied the arsenate mineral wendwilsonite. A comparison is made with the roselite mineral group. The Raman arsenate stretching region shows strong differences between that of wendwilsonite and roselite. By using a Libowitzky empirical equation, hydrogen bond distances of 2.65 and 2.75 Å are estimated. Vibrational spectra enable the molecular structure of the wendwilsonite mineral to be determined. article info abstract Article history: In this paper, we have investigated on the natural wendwilsonite mineral with the formulae Received 26 August 2013 Ca2(Mg,Co)(AsO4)2Á2(H2O). Raman spectroscopy complimented with infrared spectroscopy has been used Received in revised form 3 September 2013 to determine the molecular structure of the wendwilsonite arsenate mineral. A comparison is made with Accepted 7 September 2013 the roselite mineral group with formula Ca B(AsO ) Á2H O (where B may be Co, Fe2+, Mg, Mn, Ni, Zn). Available online 27 September 2013 2 4 2 2 The Raman spectra of the arsenate related to tetrahedral arsenate clusters with stretching region shows strong differences between that of wendwilsonite and the roselite arsenate minerals which is attributed Keywords: to the cation substitution for calcium in the structure. Wendwilsonite The Raman arsenate (AsO )3À stretching region shows strong differences between that of wendwilso- Arsenate 4 Raman spectroscopy nite and the roselite arsenate minerals which is attributed to the cation substitution for calcium in the 3À Infrared spectroscopy structure. In the infrared spectra complexity exists of multiple to tetrahedral (AsO4) clusters with anti- Roselite symmetric stretching vibrations observed indicating a reduction of the tetrahedral symmetry. This loss of degeneracy is also reflected in the bending modes. Strong Raman bands around 450 cmÀ1 are assigned to À1 m4 bending modes. Multiple bands in the 350–300 cm region assigned to m2 bending modes provide evi- dence of symmetry reduction of the arsenate anion. Three broad bands for wendwilsonite found at 3332, 3119 and 3001 cmÀ1 are assigned to OH stretching bands. By using a Libowitzky empirical equation, hydrogen bond distances of 2.65 and 2.75 Å are estimated. Vibrational spectra enable the molecular structure of the wendwilsonite mineral to be determined and whilst similarities exist in the spectral pat- terns with the roselite mineral group, sufficient differences exist to be able to determine the identifica- tion of the minerals. Ó 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. ⇑ Corresponding author. Tel.: +61 7 3138 2407; fax: +61 7 3138 1804. E-mail address: [email protected] (R.L. Frost). 1386-1425/$ - see front matter Ó 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2013.09.048 738 R.L. Frost et al. / Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 118 (2014) 737–743 Introduction association with dolomite and shows prismatic habitus. The sam- ple was incorporated into the collection of the Geology Depart- Wendwilsonite is an arsenate of calcium and magnesium and is ment of the Federal University of Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, ideally of formula Ca2Mg(AsO4)2Á2H2O [1]. The mineral is the mag- Brazil, with sample code SAB-112. The sample was gently crushed nesium analogue of roselite [2] and forms a continuous series with and the associated minerals were removed under a stereomicro- this mineral. The mineral is pale pink to red and may be color scope Leica MZ4. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was applied zoned. The mineral has a triclinic structure with point group to support the chemical characterization. (2/m). The space group is (P21/c) and unit cell data are The Bou Azzer district is well known as an important source of a=5.806(1) Å, b=12.912(2) Å, c=5.623(1) Å, b = 107°24(1)0, arsenates. The region is the type locality of a number of minerals, V = 402.2(1) Å3, and two molecular formula per unit cell (Z = 2). including wendwilsonite. The vibrational modes of oxyanions in aqueous systems are well known. The symmetric stretching vibration of the arsenate À1 anion (m1) is observed at 810 cm and coincides with the position of the antisymmetric stretching mode (m3). The symmetric bending Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) À1 mode (m2) is observed at 342 cm and the antisymmetric bending À1 mode (m4) at 398 cm . The positions of the arsenate vibrations oc- Experiments and analyses involving electron microscopy were cur at lower wavenumbers than any of the other naturally occur- performed in the Center of Microscopy of the Universidade Federal ring oxyanions. Farmer [3] lists a number of infrared spectra of de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. arsenates including roselite, annabergite, erythrite, symplesite Wendwilsonite crystal aggregate was coated with a 5 nm and köttigite. The effect of reduced site symmetry in the crystal layer of evaporated Au. Secondary Electron and Backscattering (compared with the free arsenate ion) will remove the degeneracy Electron images were obtained using a JEOL JSM-6360LV equip- and allow splitting of the bands according to factor group analysis. ment. Qualitative and semi-quantitative chemical analyses in the Farmer based upon the work of Moenke reported the infrared spec- EDS mode were performed with a ThermoNORAN spectrometer tra of roselite [3]. Farmer listed two bands at 985 and 920 cmÀ1 model Quest and was applied to support the mineral 2À and assigned these bands to the m1 (AsO4) symmetric stretching characterization. 2À vibrations [3]. The m3 (AsO4) symmetric stretching vibrations were listed as 870, 850 and 805 cmÀ1. The assignment of these bands does not appear to be correct. The m4 bending modes were À1 found at 453 and 435 cm .Nom2 bands were provided. A band Raman microprobe spectroscopy at 535 cmÀ1 was not assigned but may well be attributed to a water libration mode. No OH stretching vibrations were tabled. Crystals of wendwilsonite were placed on a polished metal sur- For comparison Farmer listed the m1 and m3 bands of annabergite face on the stage of an Olympus BHSM microscope, which is À1 À1 at 832 cm and 795 cm . The m4 bending modes were found at equipped with 10Â,20Â, and 50Â objectives. The microscope is 510, 460 and 427 cmÀ1 for annabergite. Two OH stretching vibra- part of a Renishaw 1000 Raman microscope system, which also in- tions were observed at 3430 and 3160 cmÀ1 for annabergite. A cludes a monochromator, a filter system and a CCD detector (1024 number of bands were listed which were unassigned. To the best pixels). The Raman spectra were excited by a Spectra-Physics mod- of our knowledge, few Raman spectra of the fairfieldite or roselite el 127 He–Ne laser producing highly polarized light at 633 nm and mineral subgroups have been undertaken [4]. collected at a nominal resolution of 2 cmÀ1 and a precision of Few comprehensive studies of the fairfieldite and roselite min- ±1 cmÀ1 in the range between 200 and 4000 cmÀ1. Repeated acqui- eral subgroups and related minerals such as divalent cationic ars- sitions on the crystals using the highest magnification (50Â) were enates have been undertaken [3]. Most of the infrared data accumulated to improve the signal to noise ratio of the spectra. Ra- predates the advent of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy man Spectra were calibrated using the 520.5 cmÀ1 line of a silicon [5–10]. Although some Raman studies of some arsenate minerals wafer. have been undertaken [11,12] no Raman spectroscopic investiga- tion of roselite arsenate minerals has been forthcoming. Griffith [13] did report the results of the Raman spectrum of a synthetic annabergite. The symmetric stretching mode of the tetrahedral Infrared spectroscopy 2À À1 (AsO4) clusters was observed at 859 cm ; the antisymmetric stretching mode at 880 cmÀ1, the symmetric bending mode at Infrared spectra were obtained using a Nicolet Nexus 870 FTIR 438 cmÀ1 and antisymmetric bending mode at 452 cmÀ1; other spectrometer with a smart endurance single bounce diamond bands were located at 797 and 820 cmÀ1 [13]. The structural inves- ATR cell. Spectra over the 4000–525 cmÀ1 range were obtained tigation of some arsenates and the nature of the hydrogen bond in by the co-addition of 128 scans with a resolution of 4 cmÀ1 and a these structures have been undertaken [14]. It was found that the mirror velocity of 0.6329 cm/s. Spectra were co-added to improve hydroxyl unit was coordinated directly to the metal ion and the signal to noise ratio. formed hydrogen bonds to the arsenate anion [14]. Spectral manipulation such as baseline correction/adjustment As part of a comprehensive study of the molecular structure of and smoothing were performed using the Spectracalc software minerals containing oxyanions using of the IR and Raman spectros- package GRAMS (Galactic Industries Corporation, NH, USA). Band copy, we report the vibrational spectroscopic properties of the component analysis was undertaken using the Jandel ‘Peakfit’ soft- above named wendwilsonite. ware package that enabled the type of fitting function to be se- lected and allows specific parameters to be fixed or varied Experimental accordingly.
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