%0 Journal Article
%T Mineral characterization of soil type ranker formed on serpentines occurring in southern Belgrade environs Bubanj Potok
%A Ceki£¿ Bo£¿idar £¿.
%A Ivanovski Valentin N.
%A £¿or£¿evi£¿ Aleksandar
%A Aleksi£¿ Velimir
%J Nuclear Technology and Radiation Protection
%D 2012
%I VIN?A Institute of Nuclear Sciences
%R 10.2298/ntrp1202131c
%X The paper addresses the issue of health risk associated with the presence of chrysotile in the soil type ranker formed on massive serpentines occurring in the area of Bubanj Potok, a settlement located in the southern Belgrade environs, Serbia. Characterization of the ranker soil was conducted by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, micro-Raman spectroscopy and transmission 57Fe M ssbauer spectroscopy. Scanning electron microscopy figures showed regular shaped smectite (montmorillonite) particles, aggregates of chlorite, and elongated sheets of serpentines minerals antigorite. X-ray diffraction analysis confirmed the presence of detrital mineral quartz polymorph as well as minor amounts of other mineral species. Micro-Raman spectroscopy identified the presence of dominant minerals, such as montmorillonite, kaolinite, muscovite, gypsum, calcite, albite, amphiboles (hornblende/kaersutite) and orthoclase. Important polymorph silica modifications of quartz, olivine (forsterite), pyroxene (enstatite/ferrosilite, diopside/hedenbergite), and serpentine (antigorite/lizardite/chrysotile) were identified.
%K ranker soil
%K serpentine
%K chrysotile
%K M ssbauer spectroscopy
%K micro-Raman spectroscopy
%U http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/1451-3994/2012/1451-39941202131C.pdf