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Precipitation of Uraninite in Chlorite-Bearing Veins of the Hydrothermal Alteration Zone (Argile De Pile) of the Natural Nuclear Reactor at Bangombé, Republic of Gabon
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 February 2011
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This paper describes the mineralogy of a phyllosilicate/uraninite/galena-bearing vein located within the hydrothermal alteration halo associated with the Bangombé reactor. Phyllosilicates within the vein include a trioctahedral Al-Mg-Fe chlorite (ripidolite), Al-rich clay (kaolinite and/or donbassite) and illite. Textural relations obtained by backscattered-electron imaging suggest that ripidolite crystallized first among the sheet silicates. Uraninite is spatially associated with ripidolite and probably precipitated at a later time. While energy-dispersive x-ray analyses suggest that the uranium phase is predominantly uraninite, coffinite or other phases may also be present.
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