Structural properties of apatites from Finland studied by FTIR spectroscopy

VEIDERMA, MIHKEL, KNUBOVETS, RENA and TONSUAADU, KAIA 1998. Structural properties of apatites from Finland studied by FTIR spectroscopy. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland 70, Parts 1-2, 69-75. Studies by XRD and FTIR analyses of the structure of Sokli and Siilinjarvi apatites and a comparison with the Kola and Kovdor apatites are presented. In the structure of apatites from Finland the occurrence of F...OH and F...OH...F bonds and the incorporation of CO, ions into A and B positions were established.