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    Luminescence behaviour and Raman characterization of dendritic agate in the Dereyalak village (Eskisehir), Turkey
    (ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV) Parali, L; Guinea, JG; Kibar, R; Cetin, A; Can, N
    Results are presented for the cathodoluminescence (CL), X-ray diffraction (XRD), inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES) and simultaneously two thermal analyses of (DTA/TGA) spectroscopy of dendritic agate which occurs in the Pliocene polymictic conglomerates of the Hoyuklu Formation, North West of the Dereyalak village (Eskisehir, Turkey). Micro-Raman measurements were performed on dendritic agate and then strong quartz and moganite peaks were identified at 465 and 501 cm(-1), respectively. Thermal analysis shows the loss of water and hydroxyl units occurs in 2 distinct stages: at 796 and 808 degrees C. Spatially resolved CL results at room temperature were recorded for chosen 3 different areas. Grey area (100% SiO2) displays the lowest CL emission. Brown area (99.7% SiO2 and 0.3% Fe2O3) contains exsolved non-detected ironed phases such as goethite-lepidochrocite to explain the brown colour and the iron point substitutional defects attributed to the 643 nm CL emission. White outer (98.7% SiO2 and 1.3% Al2O3) would be strongly disordered as observed in the amorphous Raman spectrum containing as inferred from the spectrum CL on the outer areas, particularly non-bridging oxygen hole centres (NBOHC) (317 nm) and [AlO4]degrees/H+ (380 nm) centres produced by large amounts of aluminium in the lattice (1.33% Al2O3). When it comes to collect the data in the time resolved CL spectrum, at least three broad emission bands were detected in: a green band of low intensity at about 496 nm, intense orange band at about 600 nm, and a red band at 670 nm. The CL emission at 670 rim shows some relationships between the hydroxyl or alkali content and the abundance of O-2 (super 3-) centres and E'(1) centres. Another conspicuous observed feature in the CL spectra of agates is the existence of an orange emission band centred at around 600 nm. The predominance of the yellow CL emission band and the high concentration of E'(1) centres are typical for agates formed by acidic volcanism processes. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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    Dielectric behaviors at microwave frequencies and Mossbauer effects of chalcedony, agate, and zultanite
    (IOP PUBLISHING LTD) Parali, L; Sabikoglu, I; Tucek, J; Pechousek, J; Novak, P; Navarik, J
    In this study, dielectric properties within 8-12 GHz microwave frequencies, inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry, Fourier transform infrared spectrometry, synchronized two thermal analyses, and Fe-57 Mossbauer spectroscopy analysis of chalcedony, agate, and zultanite samples from Turkey are presented. Agate and chalcedony show the same nine vibrational absorption peaks obtained unlike zultanite from FTIR spectra in the 350 cm(-1) to 4000 cm(-1) range, epsilon' values of chalcedony, agate and zultanite derived at 10.5 GHz were 4.67, 4.41, and 7.34, respectively, epsilon' and epsilon '' values of the studied samples at the microwave frequencies are related to the percentage weight of their constituent parts in their chemical compositions. Fe-57 Mossbauer spectroscopy results confirm the existence of iron-containing islands in the crystal structure of zultanite, agate, and chalcedony samples, equipped them with magnetic features typical for magnetic nanoparticles including superparamagnetism. The presence of iron-containing islands significantly affects the magnetic, dielectric, and optical properties of studied samples that are not observed for pure minerals without any foreign inclusions.