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Evidence of a Precursor in the Neoformation of Palygorskite — New Data by Analytical Electron Microscopy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2018

M. Suarez ,
J. M. Martin Pozas ,
M. Robert  and
F. Elsass
M. Suarez
Affiliation:
Departamento de Geología, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
J. M. Martin Pozas
Affiliation:
Departamento de Geología, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
M. Robert
Affiliation:
Departamento de Geología, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
F. Elsass
Affiliation:
Departamento de Geología, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
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Abstract

The rocks of the palygorskite deposit at Bercimuel (Segovia, Spain) have been studied by transmission electron microscopy and microanalysis. These rocks correspond to the zone of convergence of two alluvial fan systems that have filled the small basin of the River Riaza and would originally have been composed of illite and quartz silts. Among the accumulations of palygorskite it is possible to observe surrounded particles of micromicas that have undergone dissolution and opening thereby giving rise to disordered illite-smectite mixed-layer clays. This process continued up to the individualization of structural relics formed of units of 1–5 layers. At the same time, the chemical composition was modified with a loss of K and Al and a relative increase in Si and Mg, progressively evolving towards the composition of palygorskite. The paleogeographic position of the deposits, and the climatic conditions (arid environment), appear to be the dominant factors in the neoformation of palygorskite by alteration of the original sediments. The basic mineralogical process could be referred to as ‘early diagenesis’ in the formation of calcretes.

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Clay Minerals , Volume 29 , Issue 2 , June 1994 , pp. 255 - 264
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1994

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