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Particle properties of hydrothermal ammonium-bearing illite-smectite

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

Vladimír Šucha ,
Peter Uhlík ,
Jana Madejová ,
Sabine Petit ,
Ivan Kraus  and
L’ubica Puškelová
Vladimír Šucha*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Mlynská dolina G, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Peter Uhlík
Affiliation:
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Mlynská dolina G, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Jana Madejová
Affiliation:
Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská 9, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Sabine Petit
Affiliation:
Université de Poitiers, CNRS UMR 6532, 40, av. du recteur Pineau, 86022 Poitiers, France
Ivan Kraus
Affiliation:
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Mlynská dolina G, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
L’ubica Puškelová
Affiliation:
Geological Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská 9, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
*
*E-mail address of corresponding author: sucha@fns.uniba.sk
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Abstract

Mixed-layer illite-smectite with high degree of ordering (rectorite-like clay) and with three types of interlayer cations — K+, Na+ and NH4+, was determined in the high-sulfide epithermal mineralization of the Western Carpathian Mountains. The tobelitic portion of the clay comprises 5–10%. Ammonium was detected both by chemical analysis and by Fourier transform infrared analysis. Some of the ammonium can be assigned to a poorly bound form, not fully fixed in the illitic interlayer. The finest size fraction separated from the samples behaves differently from the rest of the sample. It contains two layers of water molecules in the expandable interlayers as determined by X-ray diffraction, whereas coarser fractions have only one water layer in the interlayers.

Keywords

Ammonium Illite-smectiteCarpathian MountainsHydrothermal ActivityParticle PropertiesRectorite-like Mineral
Type
Research Article
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Clays and Clay Minerals , Volume 55 , Issue 1 , February 2007 , pp. 36 - 44
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Copyright © 2007, The Clay Minerals Society

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