Sample records for ilvaite
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Robie, R.A.; Evans, H.T.; Hemingway, B.S.
1988-01-01
The heat capacity of ilvaite from Seriphos, Greece was measured by adiabatic shield calorimetry (6.4 to 380.7 K) and by differential scanning calorimetry (340 to 950 K). The thermal expansion of ilvaite was also investigated, by X-ray methods, between 308 and 853 K. At 298.15 K the standard molar heat capacity and entropy for ilvaite are 298.9??0.6 and 292.3??0.6 J/(mol. K) respectively. Between 333 and 343 K ilvaite changes from monoclinic to orthorhombic. The antiferromagnetic transition is shown by a hump in Cp0with a Ne??el temperature of 121.9??0.5 K. A rounded hump in Cp0between 330 and 400 K may possibily arise from the thermally activated electron delocalization (hopping) known to take place in this temperature region. ?? 1988 Springer-Verlag.
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Venus mountain-top mineralogy: Misconceptions about pyrite as the high radar-reflecting phase
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Burns, Roger G.; Straub, Darcy W.
1993-01-01
Altitude-dependent, high radar-reflectivity surfaces on Venus are observed on most mountainous volcanic terranes above a planetary radius of about 6054 km. However, high radar-reflectivity areas also occur at lower altitudes in some impact craters and plain terranes. Pyrite (FeS2) is commonly believed to be responsible for the high radar reflectivities at high elevations on Venus, on account of large dielectric constants measured for sulfide-bearing rocks that were erroneously attributed to pyrite instead of pyrrhotite. Pentlandite-pyrrhotite assemblages may be responsible for high reflectivities associated with impact craters on the Venusian surface, by analogy with Fe-Ni sulfide deposits occurring in terrestrial astroblemes. Mixed-valence Fe(2+)-Fe(3+) silicates, including oxyhornblende, oxybiotite, and ilvaite, may contribute to high radar reflecting surfaces on mountain-tops of Venus.