Electron Microscopic Studies of Clay Minerals from Three Bauxite Profiles

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  • K. S. Balasubramaniam
     Geology Section, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay 400076
  • A. L. Paropkari
     National Institute of Oceanography, Goa
  • R. Nagarajan
     Geology Section, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay 400076

Abstract

Laboratory studies of three bauxitic profiles from Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu suggest that plagioclase feldspar alters to gibbsite via halloysite and not from kaolinite. The alteration characteristics of feldspars and the morphological aspects of clays leading to the genesis of bauxites were studied under electron microscope.

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Volume 21, Issue 5, May 1980

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1980-05-01

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Balasubramaniam, K. S., Paropkari, A. L., & Nagarajan, R. (1980). Electron Microscopic Studies of Clay Minerals from Three Bauxite Profiles. Journal of Geological Society of India, 21(5), 252–254. Retrieved from https://geosocindia.com/index.php/jgsi/article/view/64798

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