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An iron-free volkonskoite

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2018

H. N. Khoury ,
R. C. Mackenzie ,
J. D. Russell  and
J. M. Tait
H. N. Khoury
Affiliation:
Department of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
R. C. Mackenzie
Affiliation:
The Macaulay Institute for Soil Research, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen AB9 2QJ, UK
J. D. Russell
Affiliation:
The Macaulay Institute for Soil Research, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen AB9 2QJ, UK
J. M. Tait
Affiliation:
The Macaulay Institute for Soil Research, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen AB9 2QJ, UK
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Abstract

A green smectitic mineral from Jordan with 16% Cr2O3 (almost 22% on an ignited basis) has been shown by chemical, X-ray, electronoptical, electron microprobe, infrared and thermoanalytical evidence to be an iron-free volkonskoite of composition:

1·06 M+(Si7·39Al0·61)(Cr2·20Mg2·52)O20(OH)4.

The octahedral occupancy of 4·7, with only Mg2+ and Cr3+ in octahedral positions (in a ratio of 1·14), suggests that the mineral is intermediate between di- and trioctahedral—an inference supported by the uniformity of composition of individual particles (as revealed by the microprobe) and IR evidence, which indicates that it is predominantly dioctahedral but with certain trioctahedral characteristics. A volkonskoite sample from the type area in the USSR, examined for comparison, contained 23·5% Cr2O3 (about 29% on an ignited basis), but proved on electron microprobe examination to be a mixture of at least three species, one of which was aluminium-rich. IR and thermoanalytical characteristics are discussed in relation to the existence of tri-dioctahedral species.

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Clay Minerals , Volume 19 , Issue 1 , February 1984 , pp. 43 - 57
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1984

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