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Oil Inclusions Found in Skeleton Crystals of Quartz Indicated the Existence of Organic Matter Surrounding Ancient Growth Environments
[Image: see text] In nature, minerals record various origins and information for geology and geobiochemistry. Here, we investigated the origin of organic matter and growth mechanism of quartz with oil inclusion revealing fluorescence under short ultraviolet (UV) light, obtained from the clay vein at...
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2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10286290/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37360484 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.3c00272 |
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author | Sugiura, Yuki Tobita, Naoko Tobita, Takashi Taga, Masaru Nakachi, Shu Yokota, Kazumichi Yamada, Etsuko Horie, Masanori Momma, Koichi Matsubara, Satoshi |
author_facet | Sugiura, Yuki Tobita, Naoko Tobita, Takashi Taga, Masaru Nakachi, Shu Yokota, Kazumichi Yamada, Etsuko Horie, Masanori Momma, Koichi Matsubara, Satoshi |
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description | [Image: see text] In nature, minerals record various origins and information for geology and geobiochemistry. Here, we investigated the origin of organic matter and growth mechanism of quartz with oil inclusion revealing fluorescence under short ultraviolet (UV) light, obtained from the clay vein at Shimanto-cho, Kochi, Shikoku Island, Japan. Geological investigation indicated that the oil–quartz was formed in hydrothermal metamorphic veins found in the late Cretaceous interbedded sandstone and mudstone. The obtained oil–quartz crystals are mostly double-terminated. Micro-X-ray computed tomography (microCT) indicated that oil–quartz crystals have various veins originating as skeleton structures along the quartz crystal {111} and {1–11} faces. Spectroscopic and chromatographic studies indicated that aromatic ester and tetraterpene (lycopene) molecules, which revealed fluorescence, were detected. Large molecular weight sterol molecules, such as C40, were also detected in the vein of oil–quartz. This investigation indicated that organic inclusions in mineral crystals would form with ancient microorganism culture environments. |
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spelling | pubmed-102862902023-06-23 Oil Inclusions Found in Skeleton Crystals of Quartz Indicated the Existence of Organic Matter Surrounding Ancient Growth Environments Sugiura, Yuki Tobita, Naoko Tobita, Takashi Taga, Masaru Nakachi, Shu Yokota, Kazumichi Yamada, Etsuko Horie, Masanori Momma, Koichi Matsubara, Satoshi ACS Omega [Image: see text] In nature, minerals record various origins and information for geology and geobiochemistry. Here, we investigated the origin of organic matter and growth mechanism of quartz with oil inclusion revealing fluorescence under short ultraviolet (UV) light, obtained from the clay vein at Shimanto-cho, Kochi, Shikoku Island, Japan. Geological investigation indicated that the oil–quartz was formed in hydrothermal metamorphic veins found in the late Cretaceous interbedded sandstone and mudstone. The obtained oil–quartz crystals are mostly double-terminated. Micro-X-ray computed tomography (microCT) indicated that oil–quartz crystals have various veins originating as skeleton structures along the quartz crystal {111} and {1–11} faces. Spectroscopic and chromatographic studies indicated that aromatic ester and tetraterpene (lycopene) molecules, which revealed fluorescence, were detected. Large molecular weight sterol molecules, such as C40, were also detected in the vein of oil–quartz. This investigation indicated that organic inclusions in mineral crystals would form with ancient microorganism culture environments. American Chemical Society 2023-06-05 /pmc/articles/PMC10286290/ /pubmed/37360484 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.3c00272 Text en © 2023 The Authors. Published by American Chemical Society https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Permits non-commercial access and re-use, provided that author attribution and integrity are maintained; but does not permit creation of adaptations or other derivative works (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Sugiura, Yuki Tobita, Naoko Tobita, Takashi Taga, Masaru Nakachi, Shu Yokota, Kazumichi Yamada, Etsuko Horie, Masanori Momma, Koichi Matsubara, Satoshi Oil Inclusions Found in Skeleton Crystals of Quartz Indicated the Existence of Organic Matter Surrounding Ancient Growth Environments |
title | Oil Inclusions
Found in Skeleton Crystals of Quartz
Indicated the Existence of Organic Matter Surrounding Ancient Growth
Environments |
title_full | Oil Inclusions
Found in Skeleton Crystals of Quartz
Indicated the Existence of Organic Matter Surrounding Ancient Growth
Environments |
title_fullStr | Oil Inclusions
Found in Skeleton Crystals of Quartz
Indicated the Existence of Organic Matter Surrounding Ancient Growth
Environments |
title_full_unstemmed | Oil Inclusions
Found in Skeleton Crystals of Quartz
Indicated the Existence of Organic Matter Surrounding Ancient Growth
Environments |
title_short | Oil Inclusions
Found in Skeleton Crystals of Quartz
Indicated the Existence of Organic Matter Surrounding Ancient Growth
Environments |
title_sort | oil inclusions
found in skeleton crystals of quartz
indicated the existence of organic matter surrounding ancient growth
environments |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10286290/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37360484 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.3c00272 |
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