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Metamict minerals contain radioactive elements that degrade the crystal structure of the minerals. The degradation occurs primarily through progressive overlapping recoil nuclei collision cascades from α-decays of ^{238}U, ^{232}Th, ^{235}U and their daughter products. We report the results of ^{57}Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy, gamma-ray spectrometry and microprobe analysis of three partially metamict allanites, (Ca,Ce,REE)_2(Fe^{2+},Fe^{3+})(Al,Fe^{3+})_2O[Si_2O_7][SiO_4](OH) where REE stands for rare earth elements. The samples were collected in pegmatites from Reno, Nevada (USA), Franklin, New Jersey (USA) and Nya Bastnas Field (Sweden). The absorbed α-dose for these minerals was found to range from 5.8×10^{14} α-decay/mg for the allanite from Reno to 1.9×10^{15} α-decay/mg for the allanite from Franklin. The Mössbauer spectra show a decrease in the Fe^{2+} doublet intensity with increasing absorbed α-dose. We also observe an increase in the line widths of the Fe^{2+} and Fe^{3+} doublets with increasing absorbed α-dose.
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- 64.60.My: Metastable phases
- 76.80.+y: Mössbauer effect; other γ-ray spectroscopy(see also 33.45.+x Mössbauer spectra—in atomic and molecular physics; for biophysical applications, see 87.64.kx; for chemical analysis applications, see 82.80.Ej)
- 33.45.+x: Mössbauer spectra(see also 76.80.+y Mössbauer effect; other γ-ray spectroscopy in condensed matter; for biophysical applications, see 87.64.kx; for chemical analysis applications, see 82.80.Ej)
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1683-1690
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2008-12
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- Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Silesia, Będzińska 60, 41-200 Sosnowiec, Poland
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- Institute of Electronic Materials Technology, Wólczyńska 133, 01-919 Warszawa, Poland
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bwmeta1.element.bwnjournal-article-appv114n626kz