Fig. 1. Samples of Madagascar agates
Fig. 2. A map of Madagascar
Mahajanga and Antsohihy are labelled by quadrangular star and pentagram respectively
Fig. 3. Concentric circular strips observed at site 1 of MN-1 sample
(a): Under plane polarized light;(b): Under crossed polarized light
Fig. 4. (a), (b) are images of MN-1 at 100× magnification; (c), (d) are images of MN-1 at 200× magnification; (e) distribution of some quartz species at the site coloured by red and white of sample MN-1
(a), (c): Under plane polarized light;(b), (d): Under crossed polarized light
Fig. 5. (a) Infrared spectra of sample MN-1 (the red stripe, the white stripe, the brown area); (b) Infrared spectra of sample MN-3 (the brownish yellow parallel stripe, the white parallel stripe, the yellow area)
Fig. 6. Raman spectra of the white stripes in MN-1, MN-2 and MN-3
Fig. 7. (a) Raman spectra of colored stripes in MN-1, MN-2 and MN-3 and red spots in MN-4; (b) Raman spectra of colored areas in MN-1—MN-5
Fig. 8. The Raman spectra of an inclusion in MN-3 (a); the Raman spectra of the yellow inclusion in MN-5 (b)
Fig. 9. The genetic mechanism of agates from Madagascar
测试样品 | 特征拉曼光谱波数/cm-1 |
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α-石英 | 129, 209, 265, 393, 464, 513 | 斜硅石 | 129, 141, 220, 265, 317, 501 | 赤铁矿(α-Fe2O3) | 225, 247, 293, 298, 413, 1 318 | 六方纤铁矿(δ-FeOOH) | 296, 400, 680, 1 160, 1 314 | 针铁矿(α-FeOOH) | 247, 300, 386, 483, 549, 685, 993 |
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Table 1. Raman shift peaks of quartz, moganite and FeO(OH)