Having beautiful colours and fine features, Xiuyan jade is famous in the world. Mineralogically, Xiuyan jade is serpentine jade. XRD, IR and TEM studies indicate that the jade consists mainly of antigorite (m{Mg3(1-1/...Having beautiful colours and fine features, Xiuyan jade is famous in the world. Mineralogically, Xiuyan jade is serpentine jade. XRD, IR and TEM studies indicate that the jade consists mainly of antigorite (m{Mg3(1-1/m)[Si2O5](OH)1+3(1-2/m}) with a minor amount of chrysotile. Two favourite samples (PxA, Px1-1), chosen for research on Fe Mossbauer spectra, are only antigorite. Studies indicate that: a. iron ion in antigorite enters the lattice as impurity; b. Fe2+ and Fe3+ substitute for Mg in the coordination octahedron; and c. the colour of jade is related to content of Fe, and Fe2+/Fe3+≤1 is favourite for colour-forming.展开更多
文摘Having beautiful colours and fine features, Xiuyan jade is famous in the world. Mineralogically, Xiuyan jade is serpentine jade. XRD, IR and TEM studies indicate that the jade consists mainly of antigorite (m{Mg3(1-1/m)[Si2O5](OH)1+3(1-2/m}) with a minor amount of chrysotile. Two favourite samples (PxA, Px1-1), chosen for research on Fe Mossbauer spectra, are only antigorite. Studies indicate that: a. iron ion in antigorite enters the lattice as impurity; b. Fe2+ and Fe3+ substitute for Mg in the coordination octahedron; and c. the colour of jade is related to content of Fe, and Fe2+/Fe3+≤1 is favourite for colour-forming.