Mineralogical Identification on Polluted Soils Using XRD Method

Soil samples were collected from an industrial area at Karaikal, South India. Mineralogical identification was carried out on the soil samples using powder X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) method. The XRD results indicated the presence of various minerals, namely quartz, kaolinite, hematite, aragonite, illite and calcite. XRD Method isnon-destructiveand canbe usedinthe identification ofmineralogical composition. Results were discussed and it was arrived that the method is relatively quicker andmore reliablein mineralanalysis.