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Clay derived from sillimanite by hydrothermal alteration

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

A. R. Alderman*
Affiliation:
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Melbourne, Australia

Extract

The association of clay minerals with sillimanite near Williamstown, approximately 23 miles north-east of Adelaide, South Australia, has been noted by the writer in earlier papers (Alderman, 1942, 1950). These papers described the occurrence of quartz-sillimanite and quartz-kyanite rocks and gave the evidences which suggest that they were formed metasomatically by alumina-rich fluids at high temperatures. It was also suggested that as the alumina-concentration and temperature of the fluids decreased the metasomatic activity was followed by a period of pegmatitc formation which, in turn, gave way to a hydrothermal stage. Brief reference was made to the conversion of sillimanite to clay by hydrothcrmal agencies.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1950

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