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华北克拉通北缘元古宙大庙Fe-Ti-P矿床的挥发份组成和C-H-O同位素研究 总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0
华北克拉通北缘~1.74Ga大庙斜长岩杂岩体赋含有大型Fe-Ti-P矿床。采用分步加热质谱法分别测定了块状Fe-Ti矿石、块状Fe-Ti-P矿石和浸染状矿石中磁铁矿、磷灰石和斜长石释出的挥发份组成、含量以及C-H-O同位素组成。依据矿物的释气总量变化特征将释气过程分为三个阶段:200~400℃、400~800℃和800~1200℃。根据不同类型矿石中矿物在不同释气阶段的挥发份组成、含量以及C-H-O同位素组成,可将含矿岩体中的流体类型分成四种:(1)斜长石800~1200℃阶段释出的变质流体,主要以H2O、N2+CO和CO2为主;(2)斜长石400~800℃阶段释出的幔源流体组分,主要以H2O、H2、CH4和CO2为主;(3)磁铁矿400~800℃阶段释出的地表流体,主要以H2O、CO2、SO2和H2S为主;(4)所有矿物200~400℃阶段释出的代表后期次生包裹体的组分,以H2O和CO2为主。矿石中的磁铁矿相对富集H2O和CO2等流体组分,是在相对氧化的条件下结晶的;而斜长石释出气体中H2和CH4的含量较高,是在相对还原的环境中结晶的。这反映出斜长石可能是在岩浆早期相对还原的条件下结晶的,而磁铁矿是在岩浆演化晚期相对氧化的条件下结晶的,这一过程的转变可能与岩浆演化晚期,岩浆中的挥发份逐渐聚集以及地表流体的加入有关。岩浆中H2O和CO2等流体含量的不断增加导致岩浆的氧逸度逐渐升高,最终造成磁铁矿的大量结晶并富集成矿。 相似文献
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插层高岭石层间醋酸钾的作用和取向 总被引：9，自引：1，他引：9
利用X粉晶衍射和激光拉曼光谱实验分析高岭石及其醋酸钾插层物的结构。通过实验表明醋酸钾对结晶指数(HI)为0．9的高岭石进行插层．插层率为73％，使高岭石的d(001)由0．72075nm增加到1．42093nm。进入高岭石层间的醋酸根利用其羧基上的两个氧同时和高岭石的面内羟基形成氢键，在高岭石层间直立取向，而对其内羟基基本无影响。当温度升高时，与面内羟基伸缩振动有关的峰(3698cm^-1,3684cm^-1，3672cm^-1等)发生红移，且强度增加；而与内羟基伸缩振动有关的峰(3621cm^-1)则发生蓝移。温度升高到100C以上，开始发生去插层过程；直到250C，插层分子还不能完全从高岭石层间脱去。 相似文献
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通过对伊犁512矿床成矿的物理化学条件分析,可知蚀源区的各类火山岩及盆地侏罗系砂岩和灰黑色泥岩是本矿床的铀源,含铀地下水是层间氧化带型铀矿床的成矿流体。由PHREEQC l.5地球化学模式程序计算得知,成矿流体中铀主要以UO2 (CO3);、UO2 ( CO3)34-的形式迁移,而有机质、黄铁矿对铀的还原沉淀作用及水解产物高岭土、伊利百对铀的吸附沉淀作用导致铀矿体产于层间氧化带的氧化还原过渡亚带。形成层间氧化带型铀矿床的决定性因素不是水中铀的含量,而是成矿时的地球化学条件。 相似文献
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藏南特提斯喜马拉雅东部的错那洞淡色花岗岩产出有白云母、石榴子石、电气石等特征性矿物,显示具有高度分异岩浆岩的特征。从二云母花岗岩到电气石花岗岩到石榴子石花岗岩,碱性长石均为正长石,斜长石从更长石演变为钠长石,白云母Al2O3、Na2O含量逐渐升高,反映花岗岩逐渐向富Al富Na演化的趋势。二云母花岗岩中黑云母XFe值、AlⅥ逐渐升高,表明二云母花岗岩之间存在结晶分异演化。电气石Xvac值、Al、Mg和Fe含量之间的变化,反映电气石花岗岩到花岗伟晶岩岩浆结晶环境中Na含量的增加,表明花岗伟晶岩结晶分异演化程度高于电气石花岗岩。石榴子石高XFe、XMn值的特征,也是高分异花岗岩的标志。上述矿物学研究结果表明,错那洞二云母花岗岩是由岩浆早期结晶矿物与残余的母岩浆组成的糊状物经过长期结晶形成的,而电气石花岗岩和石榴子石花岗岩由从晶粥体中分离出来的衍生熔体形成。 相似文献
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广东化州大坡高岭土矿属花岗岩风化残积型矿床,矿石矿物成分简单,以高岭石和石英为主,两者在粒级分布上差异明显,很易分选。精选后的高岭土中,高岭石含量可达91%,石英为1%以下。高岭石有序度较高,晶形规则,大多以叠片状和蠕虫状产出,但经机械处理后大部分可剥离成细小的高岭石单晶。矿石化学成分中Fe2O3,TiO2含量低,使高岭土具有较高的自然白度。造纸涂布试验表明高岭土的涂布性能良好,涂布纸具较高的平滑度,但涂料粘度偏高,这些性能和高岭石的矿物学特征有关。 相似文献
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采用SEM、XRF、XRD和IR研究了大同、平朔和淮北煤系高岭石的结构、粒度及其特性,探讨了粒度大小对高岭石插层作用的影响及其机理。研究发现:粒度中等且结晶有序的平朔煤系高岭石插层率最高,其次为晶体粗大但结晶有序的大同高岭石,粒度最小且结晶无序的淮北高岭石插层率最低。研究认为高岭石原始晶粒粒度对高岭石插层作用有重要影响,中等粒度最有利于高岭石插层作用的进行,粒度过大或过小均不利于高岭石插层作用的进行,其原因是由于不同粒度的高岭石插层作用过程中导致的差异弹性变形引起的。结晶有序度对高岭石插层作用也有重要影响,结构无序不利于插层作用的进行。 相似文献
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山西省石墙区铝土矿地质与地球化学特征研究 总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2
[摘 要]山西省原平市石墙区铝土矿属于典型的喀斯特型铝土矿。含矿岩系自下而上包括铁质粘土层、铝土矿层、粘土层,且含矿岩系一般包含两个明显的沉积旋回。矿体主体呈层状、似层状产出,矿石结构以隐晶质结构为主,局部出现碎屑和豆鲕粒结构。矿石构造大都为块状构造。矿物学分析显示,硬水铝石、针铁矿、锐钛矿、高岭石是主要的组成矿物,另外还含有石英、伊利石、绿泥石等矿物。地球化学分析显示,主量元素主要包括Al2O3、SiO2、Fe2O3、H2O+及TiO2,微量元素中碱性和碱土元素Li、Sr、Be、Cs、Ba 及酸土元素Zr、Hf、Nb、Ta、W 均表现为明显富集,且Zr 和Hf 之间以及Nb 和Ta 之间具有高度的相关性。地球化学指标Zr/ Hf、Nb/ Ta 以及Eu/ Eu*- TiO2/ Al2O3图解显示,底板碳酸盐岩是山西省原平市石墙区铝土矿的重要源岩。 相似文献
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本文对新疆可可托海3号伟晶岩脉中的绿柱石与阿祖拜328、528号伟晶岩脉中的宝石级绿柱石开展拉曼光谱对比研究,获得以下主要结论: ① 阿祖拜328、528号伟晶岩脉中宝石级绿柱石以富含Ⅰ型H2O为特征,可可托海3号脉早期形成的结构带(Ⅰ-Ⅱ带)中绿柱石以及相对富H2O岩浆体系中形成的绿柱石(Ⅳ带)以存在Ⅰ型H2O为主,演化程度相对较高,岩浆体系中结晶的结构带(Ⅲ带)以及岩浆-热液过渡阶段体系形成的结构带(Ⅴ带)中绿柱石以含有Ⅱ型H2O为特征; ② 在可可托海3号脉以及阿祖拜328号、528号脉绿柱石矿物中均发现冰晶石矿物包体,指示伟晶岩岩浆含有较高的F含量;③ 绿柱石通道水类型(Ⅰ型H2O、Ⅱ型H2O)及相对比例,是伟晶岩岩浆-热液演化过程及其形成条件的响应,在相对氧化的岩浆体系中主要形成绿柱石矿物,而相对还原的富H2O岩浆体系更有利于海蓝宝石形成. 相似文献
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敦煌三危山地区白垩纪OIB型基性岩墙的特征及地质意义 总被引：4，自引：3，他引：1
本文首次报道甘肃敦煌三危山地区早白垩世玄武质岩浆活动的记录。在三危山附近,基性岩墙侵入于敦煌群TTG和表壳岩大理岩和片岩中。全岩的K-Ar年龄为136.00±11.56Ma到99.11±6.35Ma,形成时代属于早白垩世。基性岩墙SiO2含量变化范围较小,集中在47.95%~50.65%之间,以富TiO2 (2.07%~2.35%,平均为2.21%)、MgO(6.03 %~6.51%,平均为6.32%)、贫K2O(<1.29%),Na2O>K2O, Mg#值中等且比较稳定(48.9~53.1,平均为51.7)为特征。基性岩相容元素含量相对较低,Ni含量变化相对较小,分布在112.7×10-6~182.7×10-6之间。而V含量变化较大,介于184×10-6~267×10-6之间,表明岩浆早期可能发生了一定的以橄榄石和单斜辉石为主的分离结晶作用。基性岩富集LREE((La/Yb)N ＝3.97~4.66)和LILE,无Eu负异常,较高的Fe/Mn比值等,具有与洋岛玄武岩(OIB)相似的特征。微量元素比值等特征表明其来源与富集地幔关系密切,玄武质岩浆的形成可能与岩石圈的减薄和软流圈的上涌有关。 相似文献
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云南民乐铜矿床中玄武岩和流纹斑岩的成因: 年代学和地球化学制约 总被引：4，自引：3，他引：1
本文对云南民乐铜矿床中宋家坡组流纹斑岩进行了锆石SIMS U-Pb年代学,流纹斑岩和玄武岩的地球化学和Nd同位素研究工作,目的是揭示民乐铜矿床中赋矿建造次火山岩和玄武岩的成因和构造环境。宋家坡组玄武岩通常显示出较高的Fe2O3、Al2O3 和Na2O含量,随SiO2含量增加,MgO、CaO和P2O5 含量减小。玄武岩具有较高的εNd(t) 值(+2.9~+3.5),岩石稀土总量较低(∑REE=50.1×10-6~60.6 ×10-6)并在球粒陨石标准化的稀土元素图解上显示出比较平坦的REE模式,在蛛网图上表现出Nb-Ta轻微亏损Sr富集的特征。这些岩石总体上表现出亚碱性玄武质岩石特征,原始岩浆很可能来源于长期亏损、富斜长石而贫石榴石的尖晶石地幔源区部分熔融。本文认为这些玄武岩形成过程中岩浆经历了结晶分异作用和不同程度的地壳混染作用。宋家坡组流纹斑岩的锆石SIMS U-Pb年龄为234.8±2.4Ma。这些岩石与一般流纹岩相比具有较高的SiO2、(Na2O+K2O)和Al2O3含量,在球粒陨石标准化的稀土元素图解上显示出轻稀土元素(LREE)富集而重稀土元素相对平坦的模式,并具有轻微Eu负异常的特征。在原始地幔标准化的微量元素蛛网图上,这些岩石的Nb-Ta、Sr、P 和Ti表现出明显亏损的特点。上述流纹斑岩显示出I型花岗岩的特征,其εNd(t) 为-1.9至 -0.51之间。这些岩石的母岩浆很可能是弱碱性的流纹安山质岩浆,可能是由区域分布的中-新元古代镁铁质-中性的下地壳部分熔融而来,然后加入了少量的同时代玄武质岩浆。这些岩浆而后经历了较充分的结晶分异作用形成了流纹斑岩。民乐矿区玄武岩和流纹斑岩表现出岛弧火山岩的特征,很可能是在碰撞晚期-碰撞后环境下形成。 相似文献
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Ahmed El-Kammar Hassan Taha Abu-Zied Mohamed Galal Dina Osman 《Arabian Journal of Geosciences》2017,10(21):463
This work discusses the composition, radioactivity, and possible utilization of the kaolin resources in Sinai which are hosted in thick sandstone sequences belonging to the Carboniferous (Wadi Khaboba) and Early Cretaceous (Wadi Iseila and Abansakar) ages. The characterization of kaolin was done by microscopic and SEM examination, supported by XRD and ICP-MS analyses. The studied kaolin resources consist of kaolinite, as the main constituent, associated with subsidiary dickite and halloysite, and minor contribution of smectite and illite. The most dominant non-clay mineral is quartz, besides minor gypsum, dolomite, and hematite. Ferrugination dominates, in most cases, at the upper boundaries of the kaolin lenses, suggesting possible supergene activity. The high Al2O3/SiO2 ratio for the Cretaceous kaolin (0.54, in average) specifies its better grade relative to the Carboniferous kaolin (0.43, in average). The kaolin of the middle part of lens C in Wadi Iseila contains Si/Al molecular ratio of about unity, suggesting high-grade kaolin. The Carboniferous kaolin has enriched the radionuclides: U, Th, and Ra (at disequilibrium state due to leaching of eU relative to Ra) and the REE, relative to that of the Cretaceous age. The Carboniferous kaolin is characterized by a higher contribution of HREE (zircon signature), whereas LREE seems to be more influential for the Early Cretaceous kaolin (monazite signature). In spite of the very high CIA index (93 to 99), none of the analyzed kaolin deposits displays Ce abnormality. The high radioactivity of some Carboniferous kaolin can be a serious impediment for its utilization or its exportation. The kaolin of Sinai does not satisfy the international standards for paperwork industries and refractory manufacturing, but beneficiation may overcome this challenge. However, some lenses have high-grade kaolin with a low percentage of oxides of iron, magnesium, calcium, sodium, and potassium and a low radioactivity, hence nominated for the local refractory industry. The high-grade kaolin of Sinai fulfills the standards required for ceramics manufacturing in the global market. Grade 3 kaolin (< 30%, Al2O3) can be used in the manufacturing of white Portland cement and red glaze manufacturing on both local and global markets. 相似文献
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高岭石矿物缺陷结构研究——以晋北晚古生代煤系地层高岭岩为例 总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2
本文主要根据ＸＲＤ分析和ＩＲ光谱分析的有关参数，对山西境内产部晚古生代煤系夹矸高岭岩的矿物结构特征进行了详细研究，认为高岭石矿物结晶度与其显微结构有关，隐晶质高岭岩比碎屑团粒状和蠕虫状高岭岩结晶指数高。高岭石的无序度主要反映于（ａ，ｂ）面上的随机层错，同时与样品中低缺陷相的比率有关。动荡的水介质环境可能导致其无序度的增加。 相似文献
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《International Geology Review》2012,54(8):711-721
Mainly calc-alkaline, andesitic, and dacitic volcanics from different late Miocene-Pliocene eruption centers crop out WSW of Konya, and locally are interbedded with lacustrine sediments. Hydrothermal alteration within these rocks is widespread. In addition to kaolinite, other major alteration products include halloysite, alunite, cristobalite, quartz, illite, montmorillonite, and zeolitegroup minerals. Based on the cristobalite-quartz relationship, the kaolinization temperature is estimated as ～100°C. The samples were mineralogically and chemically examined using XRD, SEM-EDS, IR, DTA-TG, and XRF. The crystallinity of the kaolinite is moderate, and shows structural disorder. Both the kaolinite and halloysite are almost stoichometric. Kaolinization generally led to Al2O3 increases and release of alkalies, alkaline earths, most of the Fe2O3, and SiO2. SiO2 and Al2O3 contents are low, and LOI is very high for halloysite deposits relative to kaolin occurrences. The kaolinite-alunite assemblages indicate that pH of the altering solutions initially was ～4. SEM investigation demonstrates that kaolinite has booklet texture, whereas halloysite is acicular to needleshaped. The chemical, mineralogic, and firing properties of the kaolin deposits are appropriate for use as refractory raw material. The Erenler Dagi kaolin deposits are excellent examples of the acid-sulfate type of hydrothermal alteration. The findings of the study may be useful in exploration for similar hydrothermal mineral occurrences worldwide. 相似文献
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Marcondes Lima da Costa Daniel José Lima Sousa Rômulo Simões Angélica 《Journal of South American Earth Sciences》2009,27(2-3):219-234
The eastern region of the Amazon is home to the most important kaolin bauxite producing district in Brazil, referred to as the Paragominas-Capim kaolin bauxite district, which has a reserve of at least 1.0 billion tons of high-quality kaolin used in the paper coating industry. The kaolin deposits are closely related to sedimentary rocks of the Parnaíba basin and their lateritic cover. Two large deposits are already being mined: IRCC (Ipixuna) and PPSA (Paragominas). The geology of the IRCC mine is comprised of the kaolin-bearing lower unit (truncated mature laterite succession derived from the Ipixuna/Itapecuru formation) and the upper unit (immature lateritized Barreiras formation). The lower kaolin unit is characterized by a sandy facies at the bottom and a soft (ore) with flint facies at the top. It is formed by kaolinite, quartz, some iron oxi-hydroxides, mica and several accessories and heavy minerals. The <2 μm kaolinite crystallites only correspond to 41.3–58.3% of the soft kaolin, and large booklets of 15–300 μm are common. The degree of structure order of kaolinite decreases towards the flint kaolin. The chemical composition of the soft kaolin is similar to the theoretical chemical composition of kaolinite, with low iron content, and can be well correlated to most kaolin deposits in the region. The distribution pattern of chemical elements from sandy to flint kaolin (lower unit) suggests a lateritic evolution and erosive truncation. This is quite distinct from the upper unit, which has a mineralogical and chemical pathway relating it to a complete immature lateritic profile. The geological evolution of the IRCC kaolin is similar to that of other deposits in the eastern Amazon region, being comprised of: parent rocks formed in an estuarine marine and fluvio-laccustrine environment during the early Cretaceous; establishment of mature lateritization with the formation of kaolin in the Eocene; marine transgression and regression – (Pirabas and Barreiras formation) with kaolin profile erosion and forward movement of deferruginization and flintization during the Miocene after partial mangrove covering; and immature lateritization – partial kaolin ferruginization during the Pleistocene. 相似文献
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《Applied Geochemistry》1998,13(1):95-104
X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and O-isotope geochemistry have been used to investigate the origin and possible controls on polymorphic transformation of kaolin minerals filling veins in Cretaceous shales from the Gibraltar Strait area (southern Spain).The mineralogy of the enclosing shales indicates that kaolin minerals formed from smectite dissolution, a process that silmultaneously originated I/S mixed-layers and quartz. Kaolinite and dickite δ18O values suggest that an increase in the water isotopic composition, from Cretaceous sea water values (−1%) to values of about 3%, occurred parallel to smectite dissolution, the intensity of this process being the main factor controlling the isotopic composition of kaolin minerals. The minimum formation temperature ranges from 62°C for kaolinite to 86–96°C for dickite, indicating that the depth of burial was the main control on polymorph formation. This temperature range agrees with that deduced for illite/smectite ordering. The passage from kaolinite- to dickite-rich veins was accompanied, as deduced from SEM examination, by a morphologic evolution characterized by the division of large vermiculae, dominant in kaolinite samples, and the formation of short stacks and platy crystals, which are predominant in dickite. The mechanism of dickite formation, however, remains uncertain. 相似文献
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The clay fractions of sedimentary kaolin deposits representing different ages (Carboniferous and Cretaceous), types (pisolitic flint and plastic), and localities (Sinai and Aswan) from Egypt were analyzed for their H and O isotopic compositions to examine the paleoclimate conditions during their formation. The δD values of the Carboniferous deposits in Sinai range between −67‰ and −88‰, while the values for the Cretaceous deposits in Sinai range between −59‰ and −75‰. The δ18O values of the Carboniferous deposits range from 17.9‰ to 19.4‰ and the values for the Cretaceous deposits range between 19.2‰ and 20.4‰. The relatively low δD and δ18O values of the Carboniferous deposit at the Abu Natash area (−67‰ and 17.9‰, respectively) compared to other Carboniferous deposits (averages of −83.3‰, and 18.8‰ for δD and δ18O, respectively) could be due to isotopic exchange between this deposit and the adjacent dolomite and/or the enclosed hydrothermally-formed Mn ores of the Carboniferous Um Bogma Formation. The δD and δ18O values of the Cretaceous pisolitic flint kaolin deposit from Aswan (averages of −65‰ and 20.3‰, respectively) and plastic kaolin from the same area (averages of −66‰ and 19.5‰, respectively) are almost identical. The differences in the δ18O values between the clay fractions of the pisolitic flint kaolin (20.3‰) and the previously analyzed bulk kaolin of the same deposit (average of 17.5‰) suggest a significant effect of non-clay minerals on the isotopic compositions of the kaolin deposits.The H and O isotopic compositions plot close to the kaolinite line that marks the isotopic composition of kaolinite in equilibrium with meteoric water at 20 °C. This indicates that the kaolinite from both the Carboniferous and Cretaceous deposits in Egypt formed by meteoric water weathering of the source rock(s). The δD and δ18O values also suggest that kaolinite of these deposits formed under warm-temperate to tropical conditions. The slight deviations of some samples from the kaolinite line suggest post-depositional modifications of the isotopic compositions of studied deposits probably due to the interaction between earlier-formed kaolinite and downward percolating meteoric water.The δD and δ18O values of the Cretaceous and Carboniferous deposits from all localities suggest that both deposits formed under similar climatic conditions due to the location of Egypt at almost the same distance from the equator either to the south during the Carboniferous or to the north during the Cretaceous. 相似文献
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浙江方家山高岭土矿床中高岭石亚族矿物的研究 总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4
珍珠陶石、地开石和高岭石是高岭石亚族矿物的三种多型。其中高岭石最常见,地开石较少见,而珍珠陶石是十分罕见的多型。本文作者应用Ｘ射线衍射、红外光谱和醋酸钾夹层化合物的方法,研究了浙江方家山高岭石矿物特征。研究表明,用醋酸钾为夹带剂形成的珍珠陶石夹层化合物具有１４．０的特征衍射峰,经水分子取代后形成８．３５特征的珍珠陶石水合化合物,而高岭石仅部分形成７．３０水合夹层化合物。从而确定了方家山高岭土矿床是以高岭石为主含珍珠陶石的矿床,其珍珠陶石主要赋存于粗粒级的高岭土中。高岭石与珍珠陶石晶畴呈消长关系可能说明珍珠陶石是后期较强应力下由高岭石转变来的。 相似文献
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The kaolin deposits of the Amazon region of Brazil are of lateritic origin, modified by subsequent reduced lacustrine and/or swamp environment. They are contemporaneous with lateritic bauxites found in the same region, all formed from aluminium silicate rocks. These are principally sedimentary rocks from the Cretaceous period (Itapecuru and Alter do Chão), but also include metamorphic and felsic volcanic rocks. After erosion of the upper part of these profiles they became locally a substratum for swampy and/or lacustrine environments mostly developed over the clayey saprolitic horizon where kaolin occurs. The saprolitic horizon is made up mainly of iron-mottled kaolinite which has been subject to an intense deferrification, which has increased the kaolin brightness and thickness. The kaolins are basically made up of well-crystallized kaolinite, quartz, sometimes illite-muscovite, anatase and hematite. In certain locations, crandallite-goyazite is also present. The deposits studied differ from each other in the mineral content levels, concentration of principal elements and in trace element distribution. The greatest quantity of quartz and, consequently SiO2, is intrinsically related to the type of parent rock. Small sedimentary deposits occur in alluvial flood plains located not very far from the lateritic source. 相似文献
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《Russian Geology and Geophysics》2014,55(12):1367-1378
The clay fractions of saprolites from granites, basalt, and schists in Egypt were subjected to mineralogical and geochemical investigations to examine the effect of source rock on the composition of the saprolites and the possibilities of these saprolites as a source of the nearby sedimentary kaolin deposits. The clay fractions of the studied saprolites show mineralogical and geochemical variations. Saprolites from the granites consist of kaolinite, while saprolites from the basalts are composed entirely of smectite. Schists-derived saprolites are composed of kaolinite in some cases and of a mixture of kaolinite, illite, and chlorite in the other. Saprolite from the basalt is characterized by relatively higher contents of TiO2 and Ni compared to the saprolites from granites. Saprolites from granites have higher contents of Ba, Li, Pb, Sr, Th, Y, and Zr compared to those of the saprolites from the basalts and schists. Saprolites from different schists show variations in the distributions of many constituents, such as TiO2, Cr, Ni, Ba, Y, and Zr. Although chondrite-normalized rare earth elements (REE) patterns are characterized by relative enrichments in the light rare earth elements (LREE) compared to the heavy rare earth elements (HREE) in all saprolites, granitic saprolites show negative Eu anomalies, while saprolite from basalt has no Eu anomaly. REE patterns of the saprolites from schists exhibit slight positive Ce anomalies and slight to moderate negative Eu anomalies. Weathering of saprolites from the basalt and metasediments is classified as the bisiallitization type, while weathering of saprolite from the granite is allitization type. Saprolites from schists vary from the bisiallitization (Aswan and Abu Natash) and allitization (Khaboba) types. Saprolites from the Khaboba schist can be considered the possible source of the Carboniferous kaolin deposits in the Hasber and Khaboba areas of Sinai, based on the similarity in the mineralogy and geochemistry of major, trace, and REE between the saprolites and the deposits. On the other hand, Carboniferous sedimentary kaolin deposits in the Abu Natash area, as well as the Cretaceous kaolin deposits in all areas of Sinai, might have been derived from the nearby schist saprolites, based on the similarity in the mineralogy and geochemistry between the saprolites and the kaolin deposits. Granites from the Arabian-Nubian Shield (ANS) and East Sahara Craton (ESC) are the possible sources of the pisolitic and plastic kaolin deposits in the Kalabsha area (Aswan), as indicated by the similarity in the mineralogy and geochemistry of the granitic saprolites and the kaolin deposits. 相似文献