Case study of a manganese and iron precipitate in a groundwater discharge in Somero, southwestern Finland

A study was made of the mineral and chemical composition of a concentric precipitate formed around a ground-water discharge, where manganese had precipitated before iron. Birnessite was identified in the Mn-rich precipitate and goethite and lepidocrocite in the Fe-rich precipitate. Lepidocrocite is...

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Main Authors: L. Carlson, T. Koljonen, P. Lahermo, R.J. Rosenberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Geological Society of Finland 1977-12-01
Series:Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland
Online Access:http://www.geologinenseura.fi/bulletin/Volume49/sgs_bt_049_2_pages_159_173.pdf