An attempt to identify minerals in the itokawa dust particles by micro-raman spectroscopy

Takaaki Noguchi; Makoto Kimura; Tomoki Nakamura; Tomio Kitajima; Akira Tsuchiyama; Masanao Abe; Akio Fujimura; Toshifumi Mukai; Tatsuaki Okada; Munetaka Ueno; Toru Yada; Yukihiro Ishibashi; Kei Shirai; Ryuji Okazaki

doi:10.2116/bunsekikagaku.61.299

An attempt to identify minerals in the itokawa dust particles by micro-raman spectroscopy

Takaaki Noguchi, Makoto Kimura, Tomoki Nakamura, Tomio Kitajima, Akira Tsuchiyama, Masanao Abe, Akio Fujimura, Toshifumi Mukai, Tatsuaki Okada, Munetaka Ueno, Toru Yada, Yukihiro Ishibashi, Kei Shirai, Ryuji Okazaki

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We identified minerals on the surface of polished surfaces of Itokawa dust particles by micro- Raman spectroscopy. Their sizes ranged from 30 to 150 μm across. Olivine, pyroxenes, plagioclase and chromite were identified, which correspond to SEM/EDX observations and analyses of these samples. Although Raman spectroscopy is suitable for the identification of maskelynite (diaplectic glass transformed from plagioclase), we could not find maskelynite in all of the samples investigated. This fact suggests that the shock stage of the samples did not reach S4, which is consistent with the other results of the Hayabusa initial analyses.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	299-310
Number of pages	12
Journal	Bunseki Kagaku
Volume	61
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2116/bunsekikagaku.61.299
Publication status	Published - 2012

Keywords

Asteroid
Itokawa
Mineral
Raman spectroscopy

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