chamosite


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Noun1.chamosite - a greenish grey or black silicate of iron and aluminum
iron ore - an ore from which iron can be extracted
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reported [40], chlorites with higher Fe/(Fe + Mg) values (>0.5) would be chamosite and those with lower values (<0.5) would be clinochlore.
Near-Infrared Spectroscopic Study of Chlorite Minerals
Most of the trioctahedral chlorites have a high Fe/Mg ratio (>1.44) corresponding mainly to a chamosite (Fe-rich) variety.
Upper-pleistocene terrace deposits in Mediterranean climate: geomorphological and source-rock control on mineral and geochemical signatures (Betic Cordillera, se Spain)
The ore microscope observation shows that the matrix mineral components in the bauxite ores are cryptocrystalline diaspore, hematite, ferrohydrite, kaolinite, anatase, vanadium titanomagnetite and chamosite (Figs.
Mineralogical and geochemical characteristics of the Guigang Salento-type bauxite deposits, Western Guangxi, China
The minor minerals like glauconite, chamosite, chlorite and nacrite could be due to the influx of shallow marine water.
THE MINERALOGICAL AND PETROGRAPHICAL STUDIES OF THE LITHOFACIES OF THE HANGU FORMATION IN THE SALT RANGE, PUNJAB
However, quartz, feldspar (such as albite/ anorthite), several clay minerals (such as micas and illites, chamosite, chlorites, kaolinite and biotite), bayerite and calcite were common in sediment samples.
Spatial distribution of major, some trace and rare earth elements and mineralogy of sediments of Buriganga River, Bangladesh
Some of the sandstone units are pale green, a result of the presence of chamosite and chlorite (Ranger et al., 1984).
Geology of the Roman Catholic Basilica of St. John the Baptist, St. John's Newfoundland
(1967): Glauconite and chamosite as depth indicators in the marine environment.
Glauconitic laminated crusts from hydrothermal alteration of Jurassic pillow-lavas (Betic Cordillera, S Spain): a microbial influence case
Authigenic silicate minerals, where present in lower strata, are invariably represented by glauconite with shifts to chamosite only in intervals where the rock is lutitic.
Trilobites and biofacies in the Early-Middle Ordovician of Baltica and a brief comparison with the Yangtze Plate/Baltika paleolaama Vara- ja Kesk-Ordoviitsiumi trilobiidid ning biofaatsiesed ja pogus vordlus Yangtze laamaga
Chamosite [([Fe.sup.2+],Mg).sub.5][Al(OH).sub.8][AlSi.sub.3][O.sub.10]
The Braen quarry: Haledon, Passaic County, New Jersey
The commonest species in sediments are the Mg- and [Fe.sup.2+] -rich trioctahedral chlorites, namely clinochlore and chamosite, and the Al-rich dioctahedral species, donbassite.
Phyllosilicates in the sediment-forming processes: weathering, erosion, transportation, and deposition
Berthierine, Odinite and Chamosite (Verdine and Oolitic Ironstone Facies) 8 Diagenesis and Very Low-Grade Metamorphism Sedimentary Series Parameters of Diagenesis.
Contrasting books on clay mineral science--how should they be judged? (Shortened title two books on clay mineral science)

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