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A Study of Weathering in a Soil Derived from a Biotite-Hornblende Rock

II. The Weathering of Hornblende

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2018

M. J. Wilson  and
V. C. Farmer
M. J. Wilson
Affiliation:
The Macaulay Institute for Soil Research, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen
V. C. Farmer
Affiliation:
The Macaulay Institute for Soil Research, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen
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Abstract

The weathering of hornblende in the Rehiran profile has been investigated by optical, X-ray, infrared and differential thermal methods. Optical studies of the fresh hornblende show that it contains discrete lamellar intergrowths of another amphibole which, from infrared evidence, is of an iron-rich nature. This minor phase is selectively weathered in the lower horizons and yields a clay mineral which was identified as interstratified swelling chlorite-saponite. The major hornblende component remains relatively unchanged. Single crystal photographs indicate that the formation of the clay mineral is not structurally controlled by the parent hornblende, although there is a tendency towards alignment along cleavage planes. The clay mineral becomes unstable in the upper part of the profile and could not be detected in the A horizon. Comparisons are made with the findings of other workers.

Type
Research Article
Information
Clay Minerals , Volume 8 , Issue 4 , December 1970 , pp. 435 - 444
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1970

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