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Raman spectroscopic study of the phosphate mineral churchite‐(Y) YPO 4 ·2H 2 O
Author(s) -
Frost Ray L.,
Sejkora Jiří,
Keeffe Eloise C.,
Plášil Jakub,
Čejka Jiří,
Bahfenne Silmarilly
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of raman spectroscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.748
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1097-4555
pISSN - 0377-0486
DOI - 10.1002/jrs.2347
Subject(s) - raman spectroscopy , chemistry , yttrium , mineral , analytical chemistry (journal) , spectral line , rare earth element , mineralogy , rare earth , physics , optics , organic chemistry , chromatography , astronomy , oxide
Raman spectroscopy has been used to study the rare‐earth mineral churchite‐(Y) of formula (Y,REE)(PO 4 ) ·2H 2 O, where rare‐earth element (REE) is a rare‐earth element. The mineral contains yttrium and, depending on the locality, a range of rare‐earth metals. The Raman spectra of two churchite‐(Y) mineral samples from Jáchymov and Medvědín in the Czech Republic were compared with the Raman spectra of churchite‐(Y) downloaded from the RRUFF data base. The Raman spectra of churchite‐(Y) are characterized by an intense sharp band at 975 cm −1 assigned to the ν 1 (PO 4 3− ) symmetric stretching mode. A lower intensity band observed at around 1065 cm −1 is attributed to the ν 3 (PO 4 3− ) antisymmetric stretching mode. The (PO 4 3− ) bending modes are observed at 497 cm −1 (ν 2 ) and 563 cm −1 (ν 4 ). Some small differences in the band positions between the four churchite‐(Y) samples from four different localities were found. These differences may be ascribed to the different compositions of the churchite‐(Y) minerals. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.