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XRD and TEM Studies on Nanophase Manganese Oxides in Freshwater Ferromanganese Nodules from Green Bay, Lake Michigan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

Seungyeol Lee  and
Huifang Xu
Seungyeol Lee
Affiliation:
NASA Astrobiology Institute, Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin—Madison, 1215 West Dayton Street, A352 Weeks Hall, Madison, Wisconsin, 53706
Huifang Xu*
Affiliation:
NASA Astrobiology Institute, Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin—Madison, 1215 West Dayton Street, A352 Weeks Hall, Madison, Wisconsin, 53706
*
*E-mail address of corresponding author: hfxu@geology.wisc.edu
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Abstract

Freshwater ferromanganese nodules (FFN) from Green Bay, Lake Michigan have been investigated by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), micro X-ray fluorescence (XRF), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), and scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM). The samples can be divided into three types: Mn-rich nodules, Fe-Mn nodules, and Fe-rich nodules. The manganese-bearing phases are todorokite, birnessite, and buserite. The iron-bearing phases are feroxyhyte, goethite, 2-line ferrihydrite, and proto-goethite (intermediate phase between feroxyhyte and goethite). The XRD patterns from nodule cross sections suggest the transformation of birnessite to todorokite. The TEM-EDS spectra show that todorokite is associated with Ba, Co, Ni, and Zn; birnessite is associated with Ca and Na; and buserite is associated with Ca. The todorokite has an average chemical formula of Ba0.28p2+(Zn0.14p+2Co0.05p3+Ni0.02p2+) (Mn4.99p4+Mn0.82p3+Fe0.12p3+Co0.05p3+Ni0.02p2+) O12·nH2O. Barium is the main cation in the structural tunnels of the todorokite. The average chemical formula of birnessite and Ca-buserite are: Na0.14p+Ca0.19p2+(Mn1.48p4+Mn0.52p3+0.52) O4·nH2O and Ca0.27p2+(Mn1.46p4+Mn0.54p3+)O4·nH2O, respectively. Most nodules have a concretionary structure of alternating Fe/Mn layers, commonly with a core of reddish feldspar containing phyllosilicates and hematite micro-crystals. Other cores consist of goethite, cristobalite, tridymite, hercynite, hematite-bearing quartz, coal, and chlorite-bearing rock fragments. The hexagonal or hexagonal-like structures of hematite micro-crystals and clay minerals in the cores may serve as heterogeneous nucleation sites for the Mn-oxides and Fe-(oxyhydr)oxides. The alternating Fe/Mn layers in FFNs might be caused by oscillatory redox condition fluctuations at the sediment-water interface due to changes in water level.

Keywords

BirnessiteBuseriteFerromanganese NoduleGreen BayHeterogeneous NucleationHRTEMLake MichiganTodorokiteXRD
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Clays and Clay Minerals , Volume 64 , Issue 5 , October 2016 , pp. 523 - 536
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Copyright © Clay Minerals Society 2016

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