Journal of Geological Society of India (Online archive from Vol 1 to Vol 78)

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Electron Microscopic Studies of Clay Minerals from Three Bauxite Profiles


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1 Geology Section, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay 400076, India
2 National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, India
     

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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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Authors

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

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.