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<p>In this work we have analysed the basalt rocks from the area of Mount Etna using <sup>57</sup>Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy (MS), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and X-ray fluorescence analysis (XRF). Mössbauer spectroscopy was used to identify and to quantify the content and the magnetic nature of the iron-bearing minerals in the lava samples. Magnetite, olivine, pyroxene, hornblende, hematite and goethite of different relative abundances were found in the investigated samples. X-ray diffraction supported the structural analysis and determined the phases not visible by MS, like albite and calcite. X-ray fluorescence was employed to provide compositional analysis of the studied samples. The used methods showed qualitatively similar composition of the investigated rock samples, even though they also disclosed the quantitative differences in phase proportions agreeing with observed sample coloration. Identified compositional variations may result from the different processes during basalt formation and/or unequal weathering history.</p>
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In this work we have analysed the basalt rocks from the area of Mount Etna using 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy (MS), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and X-ray fluorescence analysis (XRF). Mössbauer spectroscopy was used to identify and to quantify the content and the magnetic nature of the iron-bearing minerals in the lava samples. Magnetite, olivine, pyroxene, hornblende, hematite and goethite of different relative abundances were found in the investigated samples. X-ray diffraction supported the structural analysis and determined the phases not visible by MS, like albite and calcite. X-ray fluorescence was employed to provide compositional analysis of the studied samples. The used methods showed qualitatively similar composition of the investigated rock samples, even though they also disclosed the quantitative differences in phase proportions agreeing with observed sample coloration. Identified compositional variations may result from the different processes during basalt formation and/or unequal weathering history.

Analysis of Mount Etna’s volcanic rocks

Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology

Journal of Electrical Engineering

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In this work we have analysed the basalt rocks from the area of Mount Etna using 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy (MS), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and X-ray...

Analysis of Mount Etna’s volcanic rocks

Publicado en línea: 12 may 2021

Páginas: 106 - 112

Recibido: 12 feb 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jee-2021-0014

Palabras clave
Mount Etna, volcano rock, basalt, lava, Mössbauer spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, X-ray fluorescence

© 2021 Katarína Sedlačková et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Analysis of Mount Etna’s volcanic rocks

Publicado en línea: 12 may 2021

Páginas: 106 - 112

Recibido: 12 feb 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jee-2021-0014

Palabras claveMount Etna, volcano rock, basalt, lava, Mössbauer spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, X-ray fluorescence

© 2021 Katarína Sedlačková et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Palabras clave
Mount Etna, volcano rock, basalt, lava, Mössbauer spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, X-ray fluorescence