Abstract
Although lutecite, or length-slow silica, frequently is used as an indicator for evaporites, its occasional presence in non-evaporitic regimes has shed suspicion on its reliability. This study provides evidence that lutecite actually is a newly recognized mineral called moganite. The frequent association of moganite with "Magadi-type' chert suggests that moganite is a diagenetic alteration product of the hydrous Na-silicate magadiite. -Author
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 633-638 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Journal of Sedimentary Research A: Sedimentary Petrology & Processes |
| Issue number | A65(4) |
| State | Published - 1995 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Geology
- Stratigraphy