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The weathering of biotite in a profile on gneiss in Malaysia

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In this paper, the authors studied a deep profile on gneiss from Malaysia and found that the alteration of biotite to halloysite takes place within a few centimeters of the fresh rock (at 18.5 m depth).
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This article is published in Geoderma.The article was published on 1976-07-01. It has received 32 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Halloysite & Biotite.

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Weathering of the primary rock-forming minerals: processes, products and rates

TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the ways in which the major rock-forming primary minerals (olivine, pyroxenes, amphiboles, feldspars, micas and chlorites) break down during weathering, the products that develop during this breakdown and the rates at which this breakdown occurs.
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Chemical Weathering in a Tropical Watershed, Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico: II. Rate and Mechanism of Biotite Weathering

TL;DR: In this paper, X-ray diffraction (XRD) and electron microprobe analyses indicate that the phyllosilicate grains contain a core of biotite surrounded by variable amounts of kaolinite.

Alteration, formation, and occurrence of minerals in soils

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose a method to solve the problem of "20.20.19.20" problem: 1.1.2.0.0/1.
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Biotite alteration in deeply weathered granite; I, Morphological, mineralogical, and chemical properties

TL;DR: Biotite in deeply weathered granitic rocks in southwestern Australia has altered to exfoliated grains composed of biotite, mixed-layer clay minerals, kaolinite, vermiculite, gibbsite, goethite, and hematite as discussed by the authors.
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Soil Chemical Analysis

TL;DR: Soil chemical analysis, Soil Chemical Analysis (SCA), this paper, is a technique for soil chemical analysis that is used in the field of Soil Chemistry and Chemical Engineering.
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A Study of Weathering in a Soil Derived from a Biotite-Hornblende Rock

M. J. Wilson
- 01 Jul 1970 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the weathering of biotite in a sedentary soil profile developed on Biotitehornblende-rock near Rehiran, Inverness-shire has been investigated by optical, X-ray, chemical, infrared and differential thermal methods.
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Biotite Flakes: Alteration by Chemical and Biological Treatment

TL;DR: Biotite alteration under acid conditions proceeds differently from the generally accepted pathway of transformation to vermiculite in which hydrated cations cause interlayer expansion, resulting in a dark-colored peripheral band on mica particles.
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Pedogenic weathering of tonalite in southern California

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors studied the weathering of a fragment of tonalite (quartz diorite) in southern California to depths of more than 30 m. The particle density of the resulting fragments is the same as that of the rock (2.75 g/cm 3 ).
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