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Reduction of Fe(III) in griffithite

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2018

P. Komadel,
J. Madejová,
D. A. Laird,
Y. Xia and
J. W. Stucki
P. Komadel*
Affiliation:
Institute of InorganicChemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, SK-842 36 Bratislava, Slovakia
J. Madejová
Affiliation:
Institute of InorganicChemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, SK-842 36 Bratislava, Slovakia
D. A. Laird
Affiliation:
USDA, ARS, National Soil Tilth Laboratory, 2150 Pammel Drive, Ames IA 50011, USA
Y. Xia
Affiliation:
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
J. W. Stucki
Affiliation:
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
*
*E-mail: uachkomp@savba.sk
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Abstract

Griffithite is a trioctahedral smectite with dioctahedral domains, found in the <2 μm fraction of weathered basic rock from Griffith Park, California, USA. Crystalline admixtures (albite, calcite, quartz and maghemite) are concentrated in the 0.2 – 2 μm fraction, while the <0.06 μm fraction contains only trace amounts of other minerals. Griffithite is primarily an Fe–rich saponite with negative charge located in the tetrahedral sheets. The octahedral occupancy is ∼91%, and ∼26% of the octahedra contain trivalent atoms imparting a net positive charge to the octahedral sheet. Medium levels of Fe(III) reduction in griffithite, up to 60% of total Fe, can be achieved by adding solid sodium dithionite to clay dispersions in a citrate–bicarbonate buffer. By contrast >90% reduction of Fe(III) to Fe(II) is achieved in nontronites using the same method. The lower reducibility of Fe(III) in griffithite relative to nontronites may be due to structural differences between griffithite and nontronites, such as a more negative tetrahedral charge and a positive octahedral charge.

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griffithitesmectitesaponitenontronite

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Clay Minerals , Volume 35 , Issue 4 , September 2000, pp. 625 - 634
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2000

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