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Palygorskite from
Sepiolite deposit, Vallecas, Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Palygorskite
Formula:◻Al2Mg22Si8O20(OH)2(H2O)4 · 4H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Palygorskite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sepiolite deposit, Vallecas, Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:749964
Long-form Identifier:1:3:749964:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Overview of Authigenic Magnesian Clays Manuel Pozo 1, * 1 2 * and José Pedro Calvo 2 Department of Geology...Geology and Geochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Campus de Cantoblanco, C/ Francisco...Valiente, 7, 28049 Madrid, Spain Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, Faculty of Geological Sciences...Complutense, C/ José Antonio Novais, 12, 28040 Madrid, Spain; jpcalvo@ucm.es Correspondence: manuel.pozo@uam...formation of clays by direct precipitation from solution, called “neoformation” and (b) development of clays
Book
# 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval...or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher Permissions may be sought directly...as a matter of products liability, negligence or otherwise, or from any use or operation of any methods...Because of rapid advances in the medical sciences, in particular, independent verification of diagnoses...book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A catalog
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
T I O N OF P A L Y G O R S K I T E F R O M G A B A S A ( N E S P A I N ) . E V I D E N C E OF A D E T...18002 Granada, Spain, and *TOLSA SA. Crta. Vallecas-Mejorada del Campo. 28080 Madrid, Spain (Received 15...geochemical study of the Gabasa outcrop (Huesca, NE Spain) was undertaken. It consists of Early Oligocene...quartz, amorphous silica, calcite, dolomite, palygorskite, illite, interstratified illite-smectite, Al-smectite...Mg-smectite. The palygorskite expands with ethyleneglycol. Statistical analysis of the geochemical data
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
conditions for Neogene sepiolite and associated Mg-clays from Madrid Basin (Spain) traced by oxygen and...Sevilla, Spain d Geology and Geochemistry, Universidad Autónoma of Madrid, Cantoblanco 28049, Madrid, Spain...2012 Abstract d18O–dD measurements were made on sepiolite and associated saponite and kerolite–stevensite...sediments of the Madrid Basin in Spain to evaluate the relative impact of the isotopic composition of the interacting...areas. Preliminary experiments of progressive heating of pure sepiolite and saponite under vacuum allowed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
com/locate/gca Effect of aqueous Si/Mg ratio and pH on the nucleation and growth of sepiolite at 25 °C Andre...Martin Dietzel a a Institute of Applied Geosciences, Graz University of Technology (NAWI Graz Geocentre)...2018; available online 2 March 2018 Abstract Sepiolite [Mg4Si6O15(OH)26H2O] is a trioctahedral 2:1 Mg-silicate...has been often used to reconstruct the evolution of sedimentary environments and facies in the geological...reaction paths underlying sepiolite formation are poorly constrained and most of the existing models are
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2:115–134, 2020 THE FORMATION OF CLAY MINERALS IN THE MUDFLATS OF BOLIVIAN SALARS JENNIFER L. BENTZ...BENTZ * AND RONALD C. PETERSON 1 Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queen’s University...favors sepiolite with increasing silica and Mg2+ concentrations without considering the role of the biogenic...biogenic removal of silica from solution by diatoms. In the present study, phyllosilicates occurring in...in the mudflats of Bolivian salars were investigated to aid in understanding the geochemical factors
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Margin Deposits (the Cerro de los Batallones, Madrid Basin, Spain) Juan Emilio Herranz and Manuel Pozo * Departamento...de Madrid, Campus de Cantoblanco, C/Francisco Tomás y Valiente, 7, Módulo 06, 28049 Madrid, Spain; juan... Abstract: The Madrid Basin contains large and well developed deposits of Mg-clays of Miocene age. These...to large deposits of Mg-clays. This paper summarizes the study about the formation of Mg-clay minerals...mudflat lithofacies made-up of Mg-smectite to palustrine lithofacies where sepiolite is predominant. The samples
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals Article Sepiolite and Other Authigenic Mg-Clay Minerals Formation in Different Palustrine Environments...Environments (Madrid Basin, Spain) Juan Emilio Herranz and Manuel Pozo * Department of Geology and Geochemistry...Faculty of Sciences, Autonomous University of Madrid, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain; juan...pozo@uam.es Citation: Herranz, J.E.; Pozo, M. Sepiolite and Other Authigenic Mg-Clay Minerals Formation...Formation in Different Palustrine Environments (Madrid Basin, Spain). Minerals 2022, Abstract: Lithofacies belonging
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Amsterdam 221 [CA] Geochemistry of Spanish sepiolite-palygorskite deposits: Genetic considerations based...Ciencias, Universidadde Granada-CSIC, Granada, Spain bDepartamento de Ciencias de La Tierra, Facultad...Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain CEstacidn Experimental del Zaidin, CSIC, Granada, Spain (Received March 4, 1993;...and accepted July 14, 1993 ) ABSTRACT Sepiolite-palygorskite deposits in Spanish Tertiary basins were...mineralised intervals are made up of neoformed phyllosilicates (sepiolite, palygorskite, stevensite), detrital silicates
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
521–530, 2009. ORIGIN AND MINERALOGY OF SEPIOLITE AND PALYGORSKITE FROM THE TULUANSHAN FORMATION, EASTERN...Department of Agricultural Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, 10617 Department of Resources...Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan 70101 3 Department of Marine Biotechnology and Resources, National Sun...University, Kaoshiung 80424, Taiwan 80424 4 Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei,...Abstract—The Tuluanshan Formation of the eastern Coastal Range of Taiwan overlies an andesitic core complex
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALOGY, GEOCHEMISTRY, AND GENESIS OF SEPIOLITE AND PALYGORSKITE IN NEOGENE LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS, ESKİSEHİR...Department of Geological Engineering, TR-26480 Eskis ehir, Turkey 2 Mersin University, Department of Geological...Engineering, TR-33343, Mersin, Turkey 3 Department of Earth Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell...Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK Abstract—Sepiolite and palygorskite are common as layers and nodules in the...the Neogene lacustrine sediments of the Eskis ehir area. This study aims to determine their mineralogical
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
No. 4:347–360, 2020 TRANSFORMATION OF MAGNESITE TO SEPIOLITE AND STEVENSITE: CHARACTERISTICS AND GENESIS...(ÇAYIRBAĞI, KONYA, TURKEY) MEFAİL YENİYOL * 1 Department of Geology, Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, 34850 Avcılar...is one of numerous magnesite deposits occurring throughout Turkey. In this deposit, sepiolite and newly...from magnesite. The sepiolite and stevensite show distinctive compositions and modes of formation compared...literature. The objective of the current study was to characterize these minerals by means of mineralogic, thermal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CHEMISTRY OF Mg SMECTITES IN LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS FROM THE VICALVARO SEPIOLITE DEPOSIT, MADRID NEOGENE...NEOGENE BASIN (SPAIN) J AI M E C UE V A S 1 , * , R A Q UE L V I G IL D E L A V IL L A 1 , S U S AN A R AM I...Ciencias, Universidad Autónona de Madrid. Cantoblanco s/n 28049 Madrid, Spain 2 UMR 6532 CNRS, Universite de...and structural properties of Mg smectites in the Vicálvaro sepiolite deposit have been studied in detail...characterization was performed on different size-fractions of selected smectitic samples (5 2 mm; 2 1 mm; 1 0.5
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain Geosciences...(CSIC-UCM), 28040 Madrid, Spain Department of Geology, University of Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain; a87578@usal...Technologies (C2TN), Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, 2695-066 Bobadela-LRS, Portugal; javier.rivas@ctn...  Abstract: A review and a synthesis of the geological, mineralogical, and crystal chemical...at the same time, new data are provided from a set of representative samples from these deposits. They
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Minerals, (2012) 47, 93–104 Geology and mineralogy of a sepiolitepalygorskite occurrence from SW Eskis...(Turkey) M . Y E N İ Y O L * University of Istanbul, Department of Geology, 34850 Avcılar, Istanbul, Turkey...only deposit among those found in Eskis ehir province containing both sepiolite and palygorskite in economic...XRF and SEM analyses. Sepiolite and palygorskite occur in a ~40 m thick part of Pliocene sequence where...order as: palygorskite, saponite, saponite + palygorskite, sepiolite and sepiolite + palygorskite, frequently
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AN APPROACH TO GENESIS OF SEPIOLITE AND PALYGORSKITE IN LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS OF THE LOWER PLIOCENE SAKARYA...Department of Geological Engineering, TR-26480 Eskis ehir, Turkey 2 Mersin University, Department of Geological...Department of Geological Engineering, TR-43100 Kütahya, Turkey 5 Natural History Museum, Department of Earth...sediments of the Sakarya and Porsuk Formations in the Sivrihisar and Yunusemre-Biçer regions consist of claystone...carbonate, carbonate, and evaporites. No detailed studies of paleoclimatic conditions have been performed previously
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF SEPIOLITE, PALYGORSKITE AND SAPONITE IN NEOGENE LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS OF THE SERINHISAR-ACIPAYAM...E L A HA T T İN K A D İR * General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration (MTA), 06520 Ankara...Ankara, Turkey Abstract—The Serinhisar-Acıpayam basin of western Anatolia hosts a Neogene alkaline lake which...graben and semi-graben depression zones as a result of N S tension. The basin is filled with fluvial and...filling of the basin with fine sediments and associated water level changes caused the development of swampy
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
August 2014, Vol. 78(4), pp. 919–940 Asbestiform sepiolite coated by aliphatic hydrocarbons from Perletoa...AND E. BELLUSO1,2,3 1 Department of Earth Sciences, University of Turin, via Valperga Caluso 35, 10125...Quarello 11, 10135 Turin, Italy 3 CNR, Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources, via Valperga Caluso...atypical asbestiform sepiolite occurrence with exceptionally long fibres wrapped by a sheath of aliphatic hydrocarbons...Alps) while monitoring asbestos presence in outcrops of serpentinite rocks. Microscopic and Fourier transform
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Characterization and possible hazard of an atypical asbestiform sepiolite associated with aliphatic hydrocarbons...Ganjkhanlou2,3, L. Barale4 1 Department of Earth Sciences, University of Turin, via Valperga Caluso 35, 10125...7, 10125 Torino (Italy) 3 Department of Chemistry, University of Turin, via Pietro Giuria 7, 10125 Torino...unusual occurrence of asbestiform sepiolite, filling veins in the antigorite serpentinites of the Voltri Unit...that these sepiolite fibres, apparently up to several cm long, are made up of bundles of thinner fibrils
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geochemical and mineralogical characterisation of smectites from the Ventzia basin, western Macedonia...January 2019. Editor: George Christidis * email of corresponding author: s.kaufhold@bgr.de Key words...Three samples of bulk smectite clay from the Pilori and Velanida bentonite deposits of the Ventzia basin...consistent with the formation of these clays from ultramafic precursor sediments of the Vourinos ophiolite complex...indicate the presence of other clay minerals besides smectite such as minor amounts of kaolinite, trioctahedral-rich
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA Department of Civil Engineering and Geological...Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Abstract—The discovery of phyllosilicates in...in terrains of Noachian age (>3.5 Ga) on Mars implies a period in the planet’s history that was characterized...information about the original locations and mechanisms of clay mineral formation on Mars is not as well constrained...constrained, however, in part because the origin of particular clay minerals is often non-unique. For example
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals Article Evaluation of the Sorption Potential of Mineral Materials Using Tetracycline as a Model...Department of Geology and Geochemistry, Autonomous University of Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain Department...Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Food Sciences, Autonomous University of Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain Correspondence:...and ecosystems. The purpose of the present work is to assess the adsorption of TC into natural clay minerals...(BET-SSA) and point of zero charge salt effect (PZSE) were determined for the characterization of materials. Sorption
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALOGY AND GENESIS OF SMECTITES IN AN ALKALINE-SALINE ENVIRONMENT OF PANTANAL WETLAND, BRAZIL S...Water Sciences Program, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0424...literature. The objective of this work was to investigate the mineralogy of smectites in the soils surrounding...representative alkaline-saline lake of Nhecolândia, a sub-region of the Pantanal wetland, Brazil, and...and then to identify the mechanisms of their formation. Soils were sampled along a toposequence and analyzed
Report (volume)
PHYLLOSILICATES (exclusive of micas) S.W. Bailey, editor INTRODUCTION; POLYTYPISM OF 1:1 LAYER SILICATES S...WICKS & D.S. OQ'HANLEY STRUCTURES AND COMPOSITIONS OF OTHER TRIOCTAHEDRAL 1:1 PHYLLOSILICATES SW ABAILEY...STABILITY, PHASE RELATIONS, AND THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF CHLORITE AND SERPENTINE GROUP MINERALS J.V. CHERNOSKY... SUQUET SMECTITES N. GUVEN VECTOR REPRESENTATION OF PHYLLOSILICATE COMPOSITIONS D.M. BURT MIXED LAYER...CHLORITE MINERALS R.C. REYNOLDS, JR. SEPIOLITE AND PALYGORSKITE B.F. JONES & E. GALAN CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY
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and research in the areas of clay mineralogy, sedimentology, and geology of industrial minerals; clay...had positions as Director of Research, Manager of Operations, Vice President of Operations, and Executive...processed, and marketed palygorskite in South Georgia and North Florida, palygorskite in Anhui and Jiangsu...project sponsored by UNESCO to study the genesis of kaolins. This project involved an annual conference...Egypt, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, South Africa, Spain, and Venezuela. In addition, he has evaluated bentonite
 
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