The nature and origin of pigments in black opal from Lightning Ridge,New South Wales,Australia     

J. R. Herrmann  R. Maas  P. F. Rey  S. P. Best 《Australian Journal of Earth Sciences》2013,60(7):1027-1039

Abstract

Black opal (opal-AG) owes its dark coloration to a fine-grained pigment commonly inferred to be mainly carbon, yet chemical compositions for black opals suggest there may be additional components. Here we search for such components in pigment concentrates prepared by dissolving black opal nodules (nobbies) from Lightning Ridge (NSW) in hydrofluoric acid, using electron microscopy (scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy), X-ray diffraction and laser-ablation ICP-MS. The results demonstrate the presence of sulfides—predominantly pyrite and chalcopyrite, with minor galena and Ti-oxide phases, as additional components of the pigment. ATR-FTIR analysis indicates the presence of C=O and C–H groups, consistent with an organic origin. Transmission electron microscopy images of pigment show variously deformed, originally spherical ～100?nm particles rich in sulfide and carbon, which are interpreted as thin coatings of pigment on now dissolved opaline silica spheres. Laser-ablation ICP-MS analysis identifies remnant silica in pigment concentrates, which may be interpreted as opaline silica surviving HF treatment protected as inclusions in sulfides. When examined within the context of petrographic observations from more than 1000 opal nodules (nobbies) at Lightning Ridge, these new results suggest that pigment carbon and sulfides in the nodules formed microbially under initially anoxic groundwater conditions, within pre-existing cavities concurrently being filled with silica sol ultimately derived from chemical weathering of feldspar-rich volcaniclastic sediment. Intensely black pigment layers observed at the floor of many nodules indicate settling of dark, high-density (sulfide–Ti-oxide-rich) pigment within cavities, with the implication that sulfate-reducing bacterial (SRB) activity commences early during the silica sol-gel ripening process. Microbial activity may persist until after the cavity has completely filled with the silica sol, as illustrated by abundant black opals with uniformly distributed pigment. Pigment formed at this stage may no longer be able to settle out within the ripening and increasingly viscous silica gel, thus forming pigmentation throughout the opal cavity. The existence of ‘amber’, pigment-poor opal with intensely black basal pigment layers is interpreted as signalling a lack of sulfate to sustain further SRB activity, or a change to more oxidising conditions, possibly related to interaction with surface waters within a downward-penetrating weathering front. A change in redox conditions would shut off activity of SRB and thus sulfide pigment production and allow development of aerobic microbial activity as described by others.  相似文献   

A partition‐based serial algorithm for generating viewshed on massive DEMs     

Huanping Wu  Lingqing Yao  Bing Luo 《International journal of geographical information science》2013,27(9):955-964

As increasingly large‐scale and higher‐resolution terrain data have become available, for example air‐form and space‐borne sensors, the volume of these datasets reveals scalability problems with existing GIS algorithms. To address this problem, a kind of serial algorithm was developed to generate viewshed on large grid‐based digital elevation models (DEMs). We first divided the whole DEM into rectangular blocks in row and column directions (called block partitioning), then processed these blocks with four axes followed by four sectors sequentially. When processing the particular block, we adopted the ‘reference plane’ algorithm to calculate the visibility of the target point on the block, and adjusted the calculation sequence according to the different spatial relationships between the block and the viewpoint since the viewpoint is not always inside the DEM. By adopting the ‘Reference Plane’ algorithm and using a block partitioning method to segment and load the DEM dynamically, it is possible to generate viewshed efficiently in PC‐based environments. Experiments showed that the divided block should be dynamically loaded whole into computer main memory when partitioning, and the suggested approach retains the accuracy of the reference plane algorithm and has near linear compute complexity.  相似文献   

紫金山金铜矿二元铜硫化物成分特点的初步研究   总被引：6，自引：3，他引：3  

刘羽  刘文元  王少怀 《矿床地质》2011,30(4):735-741

文章在电子显微成分分析的基础上,结合XRD、振动光谱等研究手段,对高硫型浅成热液形成的紫金山金铜矿床中铜硫化物的成分、物相特点进行了研究.首次在该区找到了久辉铜矿(Cu1.97S)、雅硫铜矿(Cu1.25S)等铜硫二元组分系列矿物,并发现了铜蓝被蓝辉铜矿明显交代的现象,进而推断它们基本上是同期形成的,但其所处的氧化-还...  相似文献   

Effects of modified gravity black holes on the bounds of greybody factor     

《New Astronomy》2022

The study of greybody factor helps us to understand the quantum nature of the black hole. Gravitational potentials and bounds on the greybody factors for some well known black holes are developed and we investigate the influence of Born–Infeld and massive gravity parameters on them. It is observed that greybody factor bounds depend on the shape of effective potential. For higher values of effective potential, it becomes difficult for the waves to transmit and hence reduces the greybody factor bounds. It is also worthwhile to mention here that charge works as barrier and cosmological constant increases the emission rate of Hawking radiation. It is also observed that the energy of emitted particles increases which results in the enhancement of the greybody factor bound. We also discuss the relationship of transmission probability and reflection probability.  相似文献   

The evolution of BD+60°2522: with mass loss and overshooting     

D. N. Dawanas  A. Wardana  H. L. Malasan 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2007,312(1-2):23-25

The ionizing star BD+60°2522 is known as the central star of Bubble Nebulae NGC 7635—wind-blown bubble created by the interaction of the stellar wind of BD+60°2522 (O6.5 IIIef, V=8.7 mag, mass loss rate 10^−5.76 M _⊙/year) with the ambient interstellar medium. From the evolutionary calculations for the star with mass loss and overshooting, we find that the initial mass of the star is 60M _⊙, its present age is 2.5×10⁶ years, and the present mass is 45M _⊙.  相似文献   

He, Ne and Ar isotope compositions of fluid inclusions in hydrothermal sulfides from the TAG hydrothermal field Mid-Atlantic Ridge   总被引：7，自引：2，他引：7  

ZENG ZHIGANG  QIN Yunshan  ZHAI Shikui 《中国科学D辑(英文版)》2001,44(3):221-228

Helium, neon and argon isotope compositions of fluid inclusions have been measured in hydrothermal sulfide samples from the TAG hydrothermal field at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Fluid-inclusion³He/⁴He ratios are 2.2—13.3 times the air value (Ra), and with a mean of 7.2 Ra. Comparison with the local vent fluids (³He/⁴He=7.5—8.2 Ra) and mid-ocean ridge basalt values (³He/⁴He=6—11 Ra) shows that the variation range of³He/⁴He ratios from sulfide-hosted fluid inclusions is significantly large. Values for²⁰Ne/²²Ne are from 10.2 to 11.4, which are significantly higher than the atmospheric ratio (9.8). And fluid-inclusion⁴⁰Ar/³⁶Ar ratios range from 287 to 359, which are close to the atmospheric values (295.5). These results indicate that the noble gases of fluid inclusions in hydrothermal sulfides are a mixture of mantle- and seawater-derived noble gases; the partial mantle-derived components of trapped hydrothermal fluids may be from the lower mantle; the helium of fluid inclusions is mainly from upper mantle; and the Ne and Ar components are mainly from seawater.  相似文献   

长江口吴淞-浏河滨岸带沉积物AVS和SEM含量的空间分布特征   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

孙玮玮  王东启  陈振楼  毕春娟  胡蓓蓓  刘耀龙  李九发  许世远 《地球化学》2009,38(2):140-146

对长江口吴淞-浏河滨岸带37个站位沉积物中酸可挥发性硫化物（AVS）和同时可提取态重金属（SEM）含量及其空间分布特征进行了研究。结果表明,SEM在37个站位沉积物中浓度范围为0．20～1．37μmol／g,平均值为0．74μmol／g;AVS的浓度范围为0．20—0．80μmol／g,平均值为0．23μmol／g;沉积物中AVS含量与总有机碳（TOC）和含水率呈显著正相关关系,而SEM分别与TOC和含水率呈显著正相关关系,与沉积物中值粒径呈显著负相关关系。依据SEM／AVS比值评价方法以及美国EPA（SEM—AVS）差值评价方法对沉积物中重金属的生物有效性的判断表明,除了B2站点无显著生物毒性外,吴淞-浏河滨岸带沉积物中重金属对水生生物均处于中等毒性水平。  相似文献   

我国南方早古生代聚煤过程中硫的生物地球化学行为及成矿效应   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

姚素平  丁海  胡凯  焦堃 《地球科学进展》2010,25(2):174-183

我国早古生代煤主要蕴藏在煤炭资源贫乏的南方各省,因坚硬似岩石又称之为石煤,储量极为丰富,仅浙江至广西就分布有长约1 600 km的石煤矿,石煤中含有或富集了多种金属元素,目前已发现的伴生元素达60多种,如钒、钼、磷、钡、镍、铀、金、银等,局部可形成工业矿床而作为某种矿物资源单独开采,是我国有待系统开发的潜在的多矿产资源。研究表明:石煤形成于以菌藻类为主的生物堆积和浅表海或古陆边缘的海相还原环境,含有大量的菌藻类(如蓝绿藻和褐藻)、古孢子、海绵骨针及一些分类尚不明确的原始动、植物等生物化石,具有低碳、高灰、高硫的特点,海相沉积环境和藻类对硫的机械富集与捕集是造成含石煤岩系中硫含量高的主要因素。石煤中富集的金属元素绝大多数是亲硫元素,早期聚煤作用过程是石煤中伴生元素富集的重要阶段,多金属硫化物是石煤中金属元素最重要的赋存形式,主要有硫磺、黄铁矿、黄铜矿、闪锌矿、方硫镍矿、辉镍矿、辉砷镍矿、针镍矿、含镍黄铁矿和硫钼矿等,大量实验及同位素研究资料揭示了细菌还原硫酸盐作用是导致大规模金属硫化物矿化最可能的生物营力,也是石煤和金属硫化物矿床主要的成煤和成矿机制,硫的生物地球化学行为直接影响了金属元素的富集与赋存状态,但早...  相似文献   

紫金山金铜矿床深部成矿作用研究和找矿前景评价的关键   总被引：8，自引：0，他引：8  

邱小平  蓝岳彰  刘羽 《地球学报》2010,31(2):209-215

紫金山铜金矿床是典型的高硫化浅成低温热液矿床, 发育巨厚的热液蚀变帽, 多孔状石英和高级泥化蚀变带等标志性特征; 特别是在金矿体之下出现垂直厚度超过1000米的巨大铜矿体, 属于蓝辉铜矿－铜蓝－硫砷铜矿－明矾石矿物组合的高硫化型浅成低温热液铜矿床类型, 铜硫化物的矿物学研究预示着深部可能变为斑岩型铜矿床。  相似文献   

PGE distribution in massive sulfides from the P<Emphasis Type="SmallCaps">ACMANUS</Emphasis> hydrothermal field,eastern Manus basin,Papua New Guinea: implications for PGE enrichment in some ancient volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits     

Jan?Pa?avaEmail author  Anna?Vymazalová  Sven?Petersen  Peter?Herzig 《Mineralium Deposita》2004,39(7):784-792

The distribution of platinum group elements (PGE) in Cu- and Zn-rich samples from the Roman Ruins and Satanic Mills vent sites in the PACMANUS hydrothermal field (Papua New Guinea) was studied and compared to that from selected ancient volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposits. Samples from the Satanic Mills site are enriched in Pd and Rh when compared to samples from Roman Ruins and reach highest values in active and inactive Cu-rich black smoker chimneys and chalcopyrite-cemented dacite breccias (up to 356 ppb Pd and up to 145 ppb Rh). A significant positive correlation was established between Cu and Pd and Rh in samples from both vent sites. Comparisons of chondrite normalized patterns and values of Pd/Pt and Pd/Ir ratios in Cu-rich sulfides and probable source rocks (felsic volcanic rocks/MORB) along with the evidence for a magmatic component in the PACMANUS hydrothermal system indicate that leaching of back-arc volcanic rocks together with addition of magmatic volatiles to the convecting hydrothermal system was the most important factor for PGE enrichment at PACMANUS and likely at some PGE-enriched ancient VMS deposits.An erratum to this article can be found at Editorial handling: B. Lehmann  相似文献