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Stages in the tropical weathering of kimberlite

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2018

P. E. Fairbairn  and
R. H. S. Robertson
P. E. Fairbairn
Affiliation:
Selection Trust Ltd, Mason's Avenue, Coleman Street, London, E.C.2, and Dunmore, PitIochry, Scotland
R. H. S. Robertson
Affiliation:
Selection Trust Ltd, Mason's Avenue, Coleman Street, London, E.C.2, and Dunmore, PitIochry, Scotland
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Abstract

Numerous exposures of highly altered kimberlites in exploratory trenches and pits have afforded an opportunity of studying the very great changes which take place chemically and mineralogically under conditions of tropical weathering in Sierra Leone.

Type
Research Article
Information
Clay Minerals , Volume 6 , Issue 4 , December 1966 , pp. 351 - 370
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1966

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