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Mineralogy and Genesis of Clays in Postmagmatic Alteration Zones, Makurazaki Volcanic Area, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2024

Motoharu Kawano  and
Katsutoshi Tomita
Motoharu Kawano
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Sciences and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University, 1-21-24 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890, Japan
Katsutoshi Tomita
Affiliation:
Institute of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, Kagoshima University, 1-21-35, Korimoto, Kagoshima 890, Japan
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Abstract

Two distinct zonal sequences of clay minerals (H- and L-type) were found around silicified rocks in the Makurazaki volcanic area, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The clay mineral sequences from the inner to the outer parts of the alteration aureoles are: 1. H-type, pyrophyllite → dickite → 2M2 mica → sudoite → tosudite; and 2. L-type, kaolinite → rectorite → smectite. The structural formula for the sudoite is: (Al1.04Mg1.28Fe3+0.20Ti0.03Li0.01K0.02Na0.01(OH)6Al2.00(Si3.54Al0.46)O10(OH)2. It is characterized by relatively large amounts of Mg and very small amounts of Li. The polytype is identified as IIb. The chemical analysis of tosudite shows that the sample is composed of an interstratification of sudoite-like and beidellite-like layers. The structural formula for rectorite is: (K0.45Na0.19Ca0.01Mg0.01)(Al1.81Fe3+0.04Mg0.13Ti0.03)(Si3.41Al0.59)O10(OH)2, suggesting that the nonexpandable and expandable layers have K-mica-like and beidellite-like compositions, respectively. These clay minerals in the H- and L-type alteration aureoles were formed under relatively high- and low-temperature conditions, respectively, with pH value and K- and Mg-activities increasing as the fluids ascended through the wall rocks.

Keywords

Makurazaki volcanic areaAlteration aureolesMode of occurrenceMineralogical propertiesSudoiteTosuditeRectorite
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Research Article
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Clays and Clay Minerals , Volume 39 , Issue 6 , December 1991 , pp. 597 - 608
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Copyright © 1991, The Clay Minerals Society

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