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Abstract            Volume:12  Issue-11  Year-2024         Original Research Articles


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Application of X-Ray Diffraction for Mineralogical Composition Studies of Tarat Formation Sandstone in the Tamari Prospect, Northern Niger
Tourba Kamayé1, Abdou Dodo Bohari2*, Ibrahim Sarki Laouali3, Ibrahim Hassan Mahrou4,Mallam Maman Halarou5, Hamma Ada Moussa6 and Moussa Harouna7
Niamey, Niger
*Corresponding author
Abstract:

This research work aimed to determine the mineralogical composition of Tarart formation. A total of tens representative samples was subjected to X-Ray Diffraction analysis (XRD) which present nowadays an important and widely used material characterization technique. Three different groups of minerals are distinguished and interpreted. Such as group of clay minerals, group of detrital minerals and group of uranium minerals. The group of clay minerals are mainly composed of chlorite, kaolinite, illite, illite-smectite (I-S) interstratified rocks, and chlorite-smectite (C-S) presented as corrensite. The group of detrital minerals are quartz, feldspar, rutile, calcite and hematite. Uraninite constitutes the group of uranium minerals. The genesis of illite, chlorite and kaolinite are essentially detrital and were formed by the alteration of various sources of parent rocks such as acidic igneous rocks and ancient sedimentary rocks. Illite indicates a siliceous source and the low abundance of kaolinite content testifies to the major predominance of arid climatic conditions in the initial environment of deposition.

Keywords: X-Ray Diffraction, illite-smectite, chlorite-smectite, uraninite, Tarat Formation.
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Tourba Kamayé, Abdou Dodo Bohari, Ibrahim Sarki Laouali, Ibrahim Hassan Mahrou, Mallam Maman Halarou, Hamma Ada Moussa and Moussa Harouna. 2024. Application of X-Ray Diffraction for Mineralogical Composition Studies of Tarat Formation Sandstone in the Tamari Prospect, Northern Niger.Int.J.Curr.Res.Aca.Rev. 12(11): 38-55
doi: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcrar.2024.1211.002
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