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On the differentiation of vermiculites and smectites in clays

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

G. F. Walker*
Affiliation:
C.S.I.R.O., Division of Industrial Chemistry, Melbourne, Australia
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Abstract

Certain of the criteria used for distinguishing vermiculites in clays from smectites are critically examined, and attention is drawn to the urgent need for further research in this field. Difficulties inherent in the differentiation are heightened by the common occurrence of interlayer contamination in the naturally occurring minerals.

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Research Article
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1957

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