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Transparent packing models of layer-lattice silicates based on the observed structure of muscovite

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

E. W. Radoslovich  and
J. B. Jones
E. W. Radoslovich
Affiliation:
Division of Soils, C.S.I.R.O., Adelaide, Australia
J. B. Jones
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Adelaide, Australia
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Abstract

A simple jig is described for the construction of a model of the muscovite structure in which the distorted hexagonal, i.e., ditrigonal, arrangement of the basal oxygens of the tetrahedra is accurately represented. The model is of the packing kind as opposed to the ball-and-spoke kind and demonstrates the advantages of this type of model, which would be more generally used if transparent plastic balls were available commercially.

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Research Article
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Clay Minerals Bulletin , Volume 4 , Issue 26 , December 1961 , pp. 318 - 322
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1961

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