Following the definitions of the IMA nomenclature committee, mica
subcommittee, (e.g. Rieder et al., AmMin Vol. 83 11-12, 1366), see
http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/IMA/ima98%2810%29.pdf
in the system of dioctahedral micas, the borderline between celadonite
and glauconite is the layer charge of 0.8
Dear Friends,
I have two questions on PXRD. First, is it possible to distinguish between
illite and glauconite and celadonite in a complex mixture containing
quartz, illite, muscovite, chlorite and kaolinite (plus some
interstratified clay minerals)? I was trying with (060) reflections, and I
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