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Abstract
The characteristic behavior of magnetic remanence correlated with mineralogical textures and composition was observed using low-temperature magnetometry, microscopy, and chemical analysis of three isocubanite samples collected from hydrothermal deposits in the Okinawa Trough and a sample transformed from natural cubanite via heating. Both zero-field remanence acquired at 5 K and field cooling remanence acquired at 300–5 K of all samples sharply decreased with increasing temperature at approximately 100 K. In addition, low-temperature cycling of isothermal remanence at 300 K exhibited a transition at approximately 100 K; remanence increased with decreasing temperature and vice versa. The intensity of remanence at low temperature and sharpness of the transition varied across samples with different compositions and microscopic textures, that is, the presence or absence of chalcopyrite lamellae and their widths. The sample obtained from a hydrothermal chimney, in which the magnetic transition was most clearly observed, was also subjected to X-ray diffraction, Mössbauer spectroscopy, electrical resistivity, and magnetic hysteresis measurements. The obtained results were generally consistent with those reported previously for unnamed mineral CuFe3S4 with an ordered cation arrangement. The low-temperature magnetic behavior of isocubanite possibly depends on the degree of cation ordering and can be regarded as an indicator of chemical composition and cooling history. Therefore, low-temperature magnetometry is useful for the detection of isocubanite and a potentially powerful technique for the prompt estimation of its composition and texture, contributing to our understanding of the formation process of hydrothermal deposits.
利用低温磁力测定法、显微镜和化学分析,对从冲绳海槽热液矿床采集的三个异方解石样本和一个通过加热从天然方解石转化而来的样本进行了观察,发现了磁性剩磁与矿物纹理和成分相关的特征行为。所有样品在 5 K 时获得的零磁场剩磁和在 300-5 K 时获得的磁场冷却剩磁都随着温度的升高而在大约 100 K 时急剧下降。不同成分和微观纹理(即黄铜矿薄片的存在与否及其宽度)的样品在低温下的剩磁强度和转变的尖锐程度各不相同。对从热液烟囱中获得的样品也进行了 X 射线衍射、莫斯鲍尔光谱、电阻率和磁滞测量,在该样品中磁性转变最为明显。所获得的结果与之前报道的具有有序阳离子排列的未命名矿物 CuFe3S4 的结果基本一致。异古巴尼特的低温磁性可能取决于阳离子的有序程度,可被视为化学成分和冷却历史的指标。因此,低温磁力测量法有助于检测异古巴涅石,也是迅速估算其成分和质地的潜在有力技术,有助于我们了解热液矿床的形成过程。
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Physics and Chemistry of Minerals is an international journal devoted to publishing articles and short communications of physical or chemical studies on minerals or solids related to minerals. The aim of the journal is to support competent interdisciplinary work in mineralogy and physics or chemistry. Particular emphasis is placed on applications of modern techniques or new theories and models to interpret atomic structures and physical or chemical properties of minerals. Some subjects of interest are:
-Relationships between atomic structure and crystalline state (structures of various states, crystal energies, crystal growth, thermodynamic studies, phase transformations, solid solution, exsolution phenomena, etc.)
-General solid state spectroscopy (ultraviolet, visible, infrared, Raman, ESCA, luminescence, X-ray, electron paramagnetic resonance, nuclear magnetic resonance, gamma ray resonance, etc.)
-Experimental and theoretical analysis of chemical bonding in minerals (application of crystal field, molecular orbital, band theories, etc.)
-Physical properties (magnetic, mechanical, electric, optical, thermodynamic, etc.)
-Relations between thermal expansion, compressibility, elastic constants, and fundamental properties of atomic structure, particularly as applied to geophysical problems
-Electron microscopy in support of physical and chemical studies
-Computational methods in the study of the structure and properties of minerals
-Mineral surfaces (experimental methods, structure and properties)