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Calibration of Carbonate Composition Using Micro-Raman Analysis: Application to Planetary Surface Exploration
Abstract
Stromatolite structures in Early Archean carbonate deposits form an important clue for the existence of life in the earliest part of Earth's history. Since Mars is thought to have had similar environmental conditions early in its history, the question arises as to whether such stromatolite structures also evolved there. Here, we explore the capability of Raman spectroscopy to make semiquantitative estimates of solid solutions in the Ca-Mg-Fe(+Mn) carbonate system, and we assess its use as a rover-based technique for stromatolite characterization during future Mars missions. Raman microspectroscopy analysis was performed on a set of carbonate standards (calcite, ankerite, dolomite, siderite, and magnesite) of known composition. We show that Raman band shifts of siderite-magnesite and ankerite-dolomite solid solutions display a well-defined positive correlation (r(2) > 0.9) with the Mg# = 100 x Mg/(Mg + Fe + Mn + Ca) of the carbonate analyzed. Raman shifts calibrated as a function of Mg# were used in turn to evaluate the chemical composition of carbonates. Raman analysis of a suite of carbonates (siderite, sidero-magnesite, ankerite, and dolomite) of hydrothermal and sedimentary origin from the ca. 3.2 Ga old Barite Syncline, Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa, and from the ca. 3.5 Ga old Dresser Formation, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia, show good compositional agreement with electron microprobe analyses. These results indicate that Raman spectroscopy can provide direct information on the composition and structure of carbonates on planetary surfaces.
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“Despite these advantages, spectral databases of Raman spectra for carbonates are still limited especially for their solid-solution systems [2, 15, 21–30].”
From Micro-Raman spectroscopic analysis on natural carbonates: linear relations found via biaxial plotting of peak frequencies for cation substituted species (2022) · cites this paper as [24]
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“By comparing the literature and the data obtained in the present study, Mg / (Mg + Fe) ratio of ankerite prepared here is expected to be about 0.7.”
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“While they found a trend between the relative amount of Mg2+ and peak frequencies of T and L modes, the unique determination of Mg–Fe2+–Mn2+ composition by Raman micro-spectroscopy has not been achieved.”
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“but the Raman shift of the 𝝂 1 peak is generally consistent with a siderite-magnesite solid solution (Rividi etal.,2010).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Rividi, N., van Zuilen, M., Philippot, P., Ménez, B., Godard, G., & Poidatz, E.
- Affiliations
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Géobiosphère Actuelle et Primitive, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, IMPMC, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS UMR7154, Paris, France.
- Corresponding author
- Rividi, Nicolas
- Venue
- Astrobiology
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2010-04
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 293-309
- ISSN
- 1531-1074 (ISSN-L)
- 1557-8070
- OpenAlex
- W1971870089
- Cited by
- 107
- References
- 70
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 12 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 9 · 2012: 3
- FWCI
- 2.50
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Astrobiology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- HAL (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Space and Planetary Science › Planetary Science and Exploration
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geochemistry and Petrology › Mineralogy and Gemology Studies
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geochemistry and Petrology › Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
- Keywords
- Raman band shift, Mg#, stromatolites, Mars surface exploration, siderite, ankerite, dolomite, magnesite, Barberton Greenstone Belt, Dresser Formation
- MeSH terms
- Archaea, Calibration, Carbonates, Extraterrestrial Environment, Reference Standards, Space Flight, Spectrum Analysis, Raman, Surface Properties, Planets
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