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  <dc:contributor>James L. Bischoff</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Robert A. Zierenberg</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Robert J. Rosenbauer</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>1988</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Complete alteration of fresh mid-ocean ridge basalt to albite + actinolite + smectite took place in the presence of quartz and 3.4m NaCl at 350°C and 400 bars. Significant Na-metasomatism occurred in exchange for Ca + Fe + Mn. In contrast, alteration of the basalt/quartz mixture with a synthetically prepared "natural brine," and basalt with 3.4m NaCl or "natural brine" did not produce significant albitization. Based on these and previous experiments that reacted basalt with a variety of fluids, it is concluded that excess silica, a high Na/Ca ratio, and an absence of strong acidity (dissolved Mg) in the altering fluid are important for the albitization of basalt.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.1086/629213</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>University of Chicago Press</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>The laboratory albitization of mid-ocean ridge basalt</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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