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The nature and nomenclature of hydrous nickel-containing silicates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2018

G. W. Brindley  and
Z. Maksimovic
G. W. Brindley
Affiliation:
Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, U.S.A. and Faculty of Mining and Geology, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Z. Maksimovic
Affiliation:
Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, U.S.A. and Faculty of Mining and Geology, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
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Abstract

Nickel ions play similar roles to magnesium ions in nickel-containing hydrous layer silicates. The extent of the replacement of Mg by Ni ranges from small proportions to complete, or almost complete, replacement. Particular interest attaches to the micro-crystalline, clay grade, minerals formed by processes of lateritic weathering. The multiplicity of names proposed in pre-X-ray-diffraction times must be re-evaluated in terms of modern identification procedures. Many of these minerals can now be placed in series such as:

Garnierite is now used mainly as a field term, prior to more specific identification, and terms such as 7 Å- and 10 Å-garnierite are useful when identification can proceed no further than recognition of basal spacings. Further study is required of schuchardtite, and of nickel-containing smectites and sepiolites. Consideration also must be given to the composition ranges of the end-member names.

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Clay Minerals , Volume 10 , Issue 4 , December 1974 , pp. 271 - 277
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1974

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