Crimson Publishers Publish With Us Reprints e-Books Video articles

Abstract

Aspects in Mining & Mineral Science

The First Finding of Water-Free Copper Iodide and Iodate in a Chrysoberyl-Sillimanite Association from the Roncadeira Pegmatite, Borborema Province, NE-Brazil

  • Open or CloseThomas Rainer1*, Beurlen Hartmut2 and Davidson Paul3

    1Im Waldwinkel 8, D-14662 Friesack, Germany

    2Department of Geology, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil

    3Centre for Ore Deposits and Earth Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart 7001, Australia

    *Corresponding author: Thomas Rainer, Im Waldwinkel 8, D-14662 Friesack, Germany

Submission: June 20, 2023; Published: July 03, 2023

DOI: 10.31031/AMMS.2023.11.000770

ISSN : 2578-0255
Volume11 Issue4

Abstract

We found water-free copper iodide and iodate in a chrysoberyl-sillimanite association from the Roncadeira pegmatite, Borborema Province, NE-Brazil, during microscopic and Raman spectroscopic studies. The salesite-like mineral forms in this chrysoberyl-bearing sample copper sulfate blue crystals in a fine-grained chrysoberyl, albite, quartz, and sillimanite matrix. We used Raman spectroscopy to identify the salesite-like mineral and have the obtained data compared with the salesite from Chuquicamata, Chile.

Keywords:Raman spectroscopy; Copper iodide; Copper iodate; Chrysoberyl-sillimanite association; Pegmatite

Get access to the full text of this article