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Site Formation Processes in Kebara and Hayonim Caves and Their Significance in Levantine Prehistoric Caves
Chlorite-illite/muscovite interlayered and interstratified crystals: A TEM/STEM study
Phyllosilicates in rocks which are transitional from mudstone to slate from Lehigh Gap, Pa., have been studied by a variety of techniques, including high resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy and Analytical Electron Microscopy. The principal minerals are âwhite micaâ which is transitional from illite in mudstone to ordered twolayer mica in slate, and chlorite. 7Ă
berthierine occurs more rarely. Dioctahedral and trioctahedral layers are shown to be interleaved in individual crystals at all scales between the following two end members: (1) both random and regular 1â¶1 interlayering at the scale of individual layers, as shown, in part, by lattice fringe images. (2) packets of trioctahedral and dioctahedral layers up to a few thousand Ă
ngstroms or microns in thickness, detectable with ordinary optical techniques. The complete range of intermediate structures is represented in samples which are in transition to slate. Bulk analytical (EMPA), X-ray diffraction or other measurements are shown to result in averages over both kinds of layers when TEM techniques are not used.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/47340/1/410_2004_Article_BF00376762.pd