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The Petrography of Dickitic Sandstones in North Wales and Northern England

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Frank Smithson  and
George Brown
Frank Smithson
Affiliation:
Museum of Geology, University College of North Wales, Bangor.
George Brown
Affiliation:
Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Herts.
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Abstract

The clay mineral, dickite, is a common rock-forming mineral of many Carboniferous sandstones in North Wales and Northern England and of Middle Jurassic sandstones over much of North-East Yorkshire. It occurs as well-shaped authigenic crystals associated with highly altered mineral assemblages, including partly dissolved feldspar which is one of the probable sources of the alumina and silica.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 91 , Issue 3 , June 1954 , pp. 177 - 188
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1954

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