Publication Date:
2023-08-28
Description:
Two Pacific Ocean manganese nodules, one from the ocean basin and one from a sea-mount, were examined in transmission electron microscopes at 100 and 650 kV. Of the many specimens examined, ten electron diffraction crystal spot patterns were identified. Sodium birnessite was observed six times and todorokite, Giavanoli's synthetic birnessite, hydrohausmanite and -Fe2O3 one time each. Ferric hydroxide was synthesized in the laboratory and shown to be the same as the primary iron mineral observed in the manganese nodules. The ferric hydroxide had a particle size range from 30 to around 450. Manganese oxide particles were frequently embedded in a mass of smaller ferric hydroxide particles.
Keywords:
2P-51; Atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS); Cobalt; Copper; DEPTH, sediment/rock; Description; DOWNWIND-H; Dredge; DRG; DWHD16; Event label; Horizon; Identification; Iron; Manganese; Nickel; NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals Geochemical Database; NOAA-MMS; Pacific Ocean; Prospector; Prospector-63
Type:
Dataset
Format:
text/tab-separated-values, 14 data points
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