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Note on Schorlaceous Rocks from near St. Austell

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

F. H. Butler
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Certain specimens of rock lately obtained by me from the "Single Rose" Clay Work, near St. Austell, Cornwall, examples of which are now submitted to the Society, illustrate well the processes by which, in some instances at least, granite has been transformed into an aggregate of quartz and schorl.

A comparison of the chemical composition of orthoclase from Roche with that of kaolin from the neighbouring district of St. Stephen's shows that in the passage of felspar into China clay there is approximately a loss of 26 per cent. SiO2 and a gain of 19 per cent. Al2O3 and 12 per cent. H2O.

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Research Article
Information
Mineralogical magazine and journal of the Mineralogical Society , Volume 7 , Issue 33 , December 1886 , pp. 79 - 80
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1886

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