Structural vanadium and chromium in lateritic iron oxides: Genetic implications

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In following up a recent proof of a structural substitution of octahedral Fe III by V III and Cr III in synthetic geothite, the same substitution was now recorded in geothites and hematites from lateritic crusts. Substitution up to 0.018 mole mole -1 V/V + Fe is shown by congruent dissolution of Fe and V and by the presence of Fe 2+ equivalent to structural V in an acid digest. On heating the samples up to 800°C, homogenous distribution of V disappeared; i.e., V is ejected from the structure of iron oxides and oxidized to form crystalline FeVO 4 (shown by XRD). As a consequence, congruent dissolution no longer takes place as V dissolved rapidly and independently of Fe. Chromium also dissolved congruently with Fe but was not ejected from the structure on heating up to 800°C. Thermodynamic considerations, taking the standard redox potential of the Fe II /Fe III couple adsorbed to iron oxide into account, reveal that iron oxides, formed in a partly anoxic environment, may incorporate V III . Thus, as in clay minerals, V III may be used as a redox-indicator for a former anoxic environment.

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