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A Laboratory Manual for X-Ray Powder Diffraction

SEPIOLITE AND PALYGORSKITE

Selected Bibliography


Ayday, Can, Bozkurt, Rifat;, and Colak, Sevgi, 1991, Investigation into the determination of Eskisehir region sepiolite locations by using remote sensing techniques: Abstract of the Geological Congress of Turkey, v. 44, p. 20.

Bassett, R.L., Kharaka, Y.K., Langmuir, D., 1979, Critical review of the equilibrium constants for kaolinite and sepiolite, in Jenne, E.A. (ed.), Chemical modeling in aqueous systems; speciation, sorption, solubility, and kinetics, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, v. 93, p. 389-400.

Belfiore, A., Moro, A.L., and Panciatici, G., 1988, Quantitative determination of radionuclides deposited on surfaces of contaminated environmental materials, in Bates, T.H., Crook, M., Harvey, B.R., Lally, A.E., Salmon, L., and Ware, A.R. (eds.) The Science of the Total Environment, Environmental radiochemical analysis; proceedings of the Fifth symposium, Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands, v. 70, Part B, p. 179-185.

Blanco, C., Gonzalez, F., Pesquera, C., Benito, I., Mendioroz, S., and Pajares, J.A., 1989, Differences between one aluminic palygorskite and another magnesic by infrared spectroscopy; Spectroscopy Letters, v. 22, no. 6, p. 659-673.

Bottrell, M.C., Schneck, W.M., and Hopen, T.J., 1989, Identification of commercial clays in asbestos-containing building materials using polarized light microscopy and microchemical tests: Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, v. 21, no. 3, p. 5.

Brindley, G.W., and Simonton, T.C., 1984, Apparent long spacings from clay-water gels, glasses, and crystalline materials due to total reflection of X-rays: Clays and Clay Minerals, v. 32, no. 3, p. 235-237.

Caillere, S., and Henin, S., 1961, Sepiolite, in Brown, G (ed.) The X-ray identification and crystal structures of clay minerals, Chapter 8, Mineralogical Society, London, p. 325-342.

Caillere, S., and Henin, S., 1961, Palygorskite, in Brown, G (ed.) The X-ray identification and crystal structures of clay minerals, Chapter 9, Mineralogical Society, London, p. 343-353..

Callen, R.A, 1984, Clays of the palygorskite-sepiolite group: depositional environment, age, and distribution, in Singer, A., and Galan, E. (eds.), Palygorskite - Sepiolite: Occurrences, Genesis and Uses: Developments in Sedimentology, v. 37, Elsevier, New York, NY, p. 1-38.

Cases, J. M., Grillet, Y., Francois, M., Michot, L., Villieras, F., and Yvon, J., 1991, Evolution of the porous structure and surface area of palygorskite under vacuum thermal treatment: Clays and Clay Minerals, v. 39, no. 2, p. 191-201.

Corma, A., Mifsud, A., Perez, J., and Sanz, E., 1985, Textural modification of crystalline magnesium silicates by acid treatment and its utilisation catalysis: Mineralogica et Petrographica Acta, v. 29, no. A, p. 182-183.

De Waele, J.K., Wouters, H., Van Vaeck, L., Adams, F., and Ruiz-Hitzky, E., 1987, Surface characterization of pure and chemically modified minerals by laser microprobe mass spectrometry: Analytica Chimica Acta, v. 195, p. 331-336.

Dirksen, C., and Dasberg, S., 1993, Improved calibration of time domain reflectometry soil water content measurements: Soil Science Society of America Journal, v. 57, no. 3, p. 660-667.

Ernst, Hartmut, 1978, Mine planning for the sepiolite deposit; Minas de Victoria at Madrid: Braunkohle, no. E 11, p. 48-50.

Frizzo, P., 1987, Subjects for prospecting research in Somalia: GeoSom 87; international meeting; geology of Somalia and surrounding regions; abstracts, Somali Natl. Univ., Mogadishu, Somalia, p. 69.

Gomer, J.S., Yopps, S.W., Sandoval, S.P., and Clark, A.E., 1992, Copper exchange capacity of clays and their potential effect on in situ copper leaching: U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations 9396, 10 p.

Grim, R.E, 1962, Applied clay mineralogy: International Series in the Earth Sciences, McGraw Hill, New York, 422 p.

Habib, H.R., Al-Saigh, N.H., and Ghaib, F.A., 1987, A reconnaissance geobotanical, biogeochemical and geophysical survey for palygorskite vein deposits, in Jabal Maqlub area, NE Iraq: Journal of the Geological Society of Iraq, v. 20, no. 1, p. 89-105.

Harben, P.W., 1978, Minerals and chemicals round-up, in Harben, P.W. (ed.), Raw materials for the oilwell drilling industry, Metal Bull., London, United Kingdom, p. 75-81.

Hughes, Randall, and Bohor, Bruce, 1970, Random clay powders prepared by spray-drying: American Mineralogist, v. 55, no 9-10, p. 1780-1786.

Kapur, S., Yaman, S., Goekcen, S.L., and Yetis, C., 1993, Soil stratigraphy and Quaternary caliche in the Misis area of the Adana Basin, southern Turkey: Catena, v. 20, no. 5. P. 431-445.

Kruglitsky, N.N., 1973, Disperse Structure Formation and the Strength Control Thereof:, in Pore Structure and Properties of Materials--Structure des Pores et Proprietes des Materiaux, Part 1; Formation of Pore Structure, Academia, Prague, p. B3-B24.

McHardy, W.J., and Birnie, A.C., 1987, Scanning electron microscopy, in Wilson, M.J. (ed.), A handbook of determinative methods in clay mineralogy, Chapman and Hall, New York, NY, p. 174-208.

Mendelovici, Efraim, 1973, Infrared study of attapulgite and HCl treated attapulgite: Clays and Clay Minerals, v. 21, no. 2, p. 115-119.

Millette, J.R., Twyman, J.D., Hansen, E.C., Clark, P.J., and Pansing, M.F., 1979, Chrysotile, palygorskite and halloysite in drinking water: Scanning Electron Microscopy, v. 1979, part 1, p. 579-584.

Moore, D.M., and Reynolds, R.C., 1997, X-ray diffraction and the identification and analysis of clay minerals: 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, New York, NY, 378 p.

Nadeau, P.H., and Tait, J.M., 1987, Transmission electron microscopy, in Wilson, M.J. (ed.), A handbook of determinative methods in clay mineralogy, Chapman and Hall, New York, NY, p. 209-247.

Nakajima, Y., Watanabe, T., and Sudo, T., 1972, Fourier analysis of the line profiles of talc synthesized from sepiolite: Journal of Applied Crystallography, v. 5, no. 4, p. 275-278.

Nathan, Y., 1970, An improved x-ray method for detecting small quantities of palygorskite in clay mineral mixtures: Clays and Clay Minerals, v. 18, no. 6, p. 363-365.

Novich, B.E., and Ring, T.A., 1984, Colloid stability of clays using photon correlation spectroscopy: Clays and Clay Minerals, v. 32, no. 5, p. 400-406.

Russ, J.C., Taguchi, T., Peters, P.M., Chatfield, E., Russ, J.C., and Stewart, W.D., 1989, Automatic computer measurement of selected area electron diffraction patterns from asbestos minerals, in Barrett, C.S., Gilfrich, J.V., Jenkins, R., Huang, T.C., and Predecki, P.K. (ed.), Advances in X-Ray Analysis, v. 32, Plenum, New York, NY, p. 593-600.

Singer, Arieh, and Galan, E. (Editors), 1984, Palygorskite - Sepiolite: Occurrences, Genesis and Uses: Developments in Sedimentology, v. 37, Elsevier, New York, NY, 352 p.

Singer, Arieh, 1989, Palygorskite and sepiolite group minerals, in Dixon, J.B., and Weed, S.B. (eds.), Minerals in soil environments, Soil Science Society of America, Madison, WI, 2nd Ed., p. 829-872.

Watts, N.L., 1976, Paleopedogenic palygorskite from the basal Permo-Triassic of Northwest Scotland: American Mineralogist, v. 61, no. 3-4, p. 299-302.

Wilson, M.J., 1987, X-ray powder diffraction methods, in Wilson, M.J. (ed.) A handbook of determinative methods in clay mineralogy, Chapman and Hall, New York, NY, p. 26-98.

Yariv, S., and Heller-Kallai, L., 1984, Thermal treatment of sepiolite-- and palygorskite-- stearic acid associations: Chemical Geology, v. 45, no. 3-4, p. 313-327.

Zhang Shaohua, 1989, Preliminary study of the fibrous sepiolite deposits in East Qinling, China, in Zhang Zhiyi (ed.), Progress in geosciences of China (1985-1988); 28th IGC; Volume II, p. 133-136.


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