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Sedimentary sepiolite of the early Permian period in south China

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2018

Liu Deyi*
Affiliation:
Geological Institute of Hunan, 529 Road Chennan, Changsha, People's Republic of China

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In 1947, based on field observations and some chemical data, the Leping white earth was first recognized as a sepiolite clay of marine origin and of early Permian age. Later investigations in the 1960s using DTA, XRD and EM confirmed this identification (Zhang Renjun, 1984). Recently, in the ‘Science Spring’, new sepiolite clay deposits have been found in south China and it has become apparent that sedimentary sepiolite in this region is closely connected with the marls of the Lower Permian system.

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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1985

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