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Mixed-layer mica-chlorite in very low-grade metaclastites from the Malàguide Complex (Betic Cordilleras, Spain)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2018

M. D. Ruiz Cruz
M. D. Ruiz Cruz*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Química Inorgànica, Cristalografía y Mineralogía, Facultad de Ciencias, Campus de Teatinos, Universidad de Màlaga, 29071 Màlaga, Spain
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*E-mail: mdruiz@uma.es
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Abstract

Mixed-layered phyllosilicates with composition intermediate between mica and chlorite were identified in very low-grade metaclastites from the Malàguide Complex (Betic Cordilleras, Spain), and studied by X-ray diffraction, and transmission and analytical electron microscopy. They occur both as small grains in the rock matrix, and associated with muscovitechlorite stacks. Transmission electron microscope observations revealed a transition from chlorite to ordered 1:1 interstratifications through complex 1:2 and 1:3 interstratifications. Analytical electron microscopy data indicate a composition slightly different from the sum of discrete trioctahedral chlorite and dioctahedral mica. The types of layer transitions suggest that mixed-layer formation included two main processes: (1) the replacement of a brucite sheet by a cation sheet in the chlorite structure; and (2) the precipitation of mica-like layers between the chlorite layers. The strongest diffraction lines in oriented X-ray patterns are: 12.60 Å (002), 7.98 Å (003), 4.82 Å (005) and 3.48 Å (007).

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Alpine metamorphismBetic Cordillerasbiotitechloritemixed layermuscoviteTEM/AEM

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Clay Minerals , Volume 36 , Issue 3 , September 2001, pp. 307 - 324
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2001

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