RADIATION-INDUCED PARAMAGNETIC DEFECTS IN NATURAL BARITE

Abstract

Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) of paramagnetic defects in natural Barite were attempted to restore the properties of radiation ? induced defects as genetic markers. Previously it was shown that structural defects of the crystal are entirely determined by the symmetry elements and translational symmetry of a regular system of points. Point defects are formed due to vacancies of anions and cations of the structure. The concentration of these defects depends from redox conditions of formation the minerals and the dose of the natural irradiation.