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The occurrence of palygorskite near Ipswich, Queensland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

Lillian N. Rogers ,
A. E. Martin  and
K. Norrish
Lillian N. Rogers
Affiliation:
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization.
A. E. Martin
Affiliation:
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization.
K. Norrish
Affiliation:
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization.
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In the course of an investigation on the determination of soil carbonates a sample of dolomite, from the Ibis dolomite quarry, Mr. Flinders, Queensland, was examined by X-ray diffraction and found to contain palygorskite. As this appears to be the first recognition of the occurrence of the mineral in Australia and as it has a number of commercial uses (e.g. as a drilling mud, catalyst, decolorizer, and absorbent), further work was undertaken.

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Research Article
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Mineralogical magazine and journal of the Mineralogical Society , Volume 30 , Issue 227 , December 1954 , pp. 534 - 540
Copyright
Copyright © 1954, The Mineralogical Society

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