Hydrous ferric oxides in the “Takashi-Kozo” from Bessho, Shiga Prefecture

Abstract

Hydrous ferric oxides in the so-called “Takashi Kozo” (limonitic nodule in Quaternary sediments) from Bessho, Shiga Prefecture are identified as the amorphous type by means of microscopic and X-ray examinations and of differential thermal and chemical analyses.