Proposed role of bacteria in volkonskoite formation

Y. S. Simakova

doi:10.1117/12.486695

30 January 2003 Proposed role of bacteria in volkonskoite formation

Y. S. Simakova

Proceedings Volume 4939, Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology VI; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.486695
Event: Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology V, 2002, Moscow, Russian Federation

Abstract

New data on the composition and genesis of volkonskoite based on mineralogical investigation of the mineral and enclosing rocks are presented. SEM investigations of volkonskoites display undoubted role of organic matter (living and dead) in the formation of volkonskoite, i.e. in the chromium concentration and fixation in the smectite structure.

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Y. S. Simakova "Proposed role of bacteria in volkonskoite formation", Proc. SPIE 4939, Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology VI, (30 January 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.486695

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