Analysis of Cation Composition in Dolomites on the Intact Particles Sampled from Asteroid Ryugu

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  • Mayu Morita
  • Hiroharu Yui
  • Shu Hei Urashima
  • Morihiko Onose
  • Shintaro Komatani
  • Izumi Nakai
  • Yoshinari Abe
  • Yasuko Terada
  • Hisashi Homma
  • Kazuko Motomura
  • Kiyohiro Ichida
  • Tetsuya Yokoyama
  • Kazuhide Nagashima
  • Jérôme Aléon
  • Conel M. Conel
  • Sachiko Amari
  • Yuri Amelin
  • Ken-ichi Bajo
  • Audrey Bouvier
  • Richard W. Carlson
  • Marc Chaussidon
  • Byeon-Gak Choi
  • Nicolas Dauphas
  • Andrew M. Davis
  • Wataru Fujiya
  • Ryota Fukai
  • Ikshu Gautam
  • Makiko K. Haba
  • Yuki Hibiya
  • Hiroshi Hidaka
  • Peter Hoppe
  • Gary R. Huss
  • Tsuyoshi Iizuka
  • Trevor R. Ireland
  • Akira Ishikawa
  • Shoichi Itoh
  • Noriyuki Kawasaki
  • Noriko T. Kita
  • Kouki Kitajima
  • Thorsten Kleine
  • Sasha Krot
  • Ming-Chang Liu
  • Yuki Masuda
  • Frédéric Moynier
  • Ann Nguyen
  • Larry Nittler
  • Andreas Pack
  • Changkun Park
  • Laurette Piani
  • Liping Qin
  • Tommaso Di Rocco
  • Sara S. Russell
  • Naoya Sakamoto
  • Maria Schönbächler
  • Lauren Tafla
  • Haolan Tang
  • Kentaro Terada
  • Tomohiro Usui
  • Sohei Wada
  • Meenakshi Wadhwa
  • Richard J. Walker
  • Katsuyuki Yamashita
  • Qing-Zhu Yin
  • Shigekazu Yoneda
  • Edward D. Young
  • Ai-Cheng Zhang
  • Tomoki Nakamura
  • Hiroshi Naraoka
  • Takaaki Noguchi
  • Ryuji Okazaki
  • Kanako Sakamoto
  • Hikaru Yabuta
  • Masanao Abe
  • Akiko Miyazaki
  • Aiko Nakato
  • Masahiro Nishimura
  • Tatsuaki Okada
  • Toru Yada
  • Kasumi Yogata
  • Satoru Nakazawa
  • Takanao Saiki
  • Satoshi Tanaka
  • Fuyuto Terui
  • Yuichi Tsuda
  • Sei-ichiro Watanabe
  • Makoto Yoshikawa
  • Shogo Tachibana
  • Hisayoshi Yurimoto

Characterization of the elemental distribution of samples with rough surfaces has been strongly desired for the analysis of various natural and artificial materials. Particularly for pristine and rare analytes with micrometer sizes embedded on specimen surfaces, non-invasive and matrix effect-free analysis is required without surface polishing treatment. To satisfy these requirements, we proposed a new method employing the sequential combination of two imaging modalities, i.e., microenergy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence (micro-XRF) and Raman micro-spectroscopy. The applicability of the developed method is tested by the quantitative analysis of cation composition in micrometer-sized carbonate grains on the surfaces of intact particles sampled directly from the asteroid Ryugu. The first step of micro-XRF imaging enabled a quick search for the sparsely scattered and micrometer-sized carbonates by the codistributions of Ca2+ and Mn2+ on the Mg2+- and Fe2+-rich phyllosilicate matrix. The following step of Raman micro-spectroscopy probed the carbonate grains and analyzed their cation composition (Ca2+, Mg2+, and Fe2+ + Mn2+) in a matrix effect-free manner via the systematic Raman shifts of the lattice modes. The carbonates were basically assigned to ferroan dolomite bearing a considerable amount of Fe2+ + Mn2+ at around 10 atom %. These results are in good accordance with the assignments reported by scanning electron microscopy-energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, where the thin-sectioned and surface-polished Ryugu particles were applicable. The proposed method requires neither sectioning nor surface polishing; hence, it can be applied to the remote sensing apparatus on spacecrafts and planetary rovers. Furthermore, the non-invasive and matrix effect-free characterization will provide a reliable analytical tool for quantitative analysis of the elemental distribution on the samples with surface roughness and chemical heterogeneity at a micrometer scale, such as art paintings, traditional crafts with decorated shapes, as well as sands and rocks with complex morphologies in nature.

Original languageEnglish
JournalAnalytical Chemistry
Volume96
Issue number1
Pages (from-to)170-178
ISSN0003-2700
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024

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