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Application of visible and infrared spectroscopy for the evaluation of evolved glauconite
The Oligocene Maniyara Fort Formation in western India exhibits two distinct glauconite types with different maturation states, which are characterized by their spectral response in the visible to infrared spectrum of electromagnetic radiation. Spectral signatures of Maniyara Fort glauconites display absorption features at approximately 0.77, 1.08, 1.9, 2.3 ÎŒm in the visible-short-wave infrared (SWIR) and 2.8 and 10 ÎŒm in the mid-infrared (MIR) region which vary with K 2O content of glauconite. The spectra of glauconite varies significantly as a function of its cationic contents and substitution in different sites. The maturity is found to increase in tandem with the metalâmetal charge transfer (CT) and the Fe 2+ dd absorption band respectively at 1.08 and 0.77 ÎŒm. H 2O and OH â signatures at the NIR region reflect differences in the sensitivity of glauconites with different molecular H 2O content. In the MIR region, a gradual shift of the SiâO stretch at 10 ÎŒm towards lower wavelengths indicates the dominance of smectite layers in glauconites. This study demonstrates a strong correlation between the proportion of expandable layers in the glauconite structure with variations in characteristic band position, depth and symmetry in reflectance and emissivity