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Introduction to Crystal Structures of Iron-Containing Minerals

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Iron in Soils and Clay Minerals

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((ASIC,volume 217))

Abstract

The primary source of Fe for soils and clays is the Fe brought to the earth’s surface in the minerals of igneous rocks. The Fe content of common igneous rocks ranges from about 12% mass (oxide basis) in basalts down to about 1–2% in granites and felsic volcanics. Detrital sedimentary rocks are themselves the products of weathering, and are generally much lower in Fe content than igneous rocks, containing between about 3% and 6% Fe oxide. Only the chemically sedimented Fe deposits, such as the vast Precambrian Fe ores, or the younger chamositic Fe ores contain significant Fe (up to 50% Fe2O3), and in these deposits the Fe is hosted by oxides or clay minerals. Metamorpnic rocks show the same range in Fe content as their igneous or sedimentary precursors.

Sections 7–1 and 7–2 were written by Richard A. Eggleton; 7–3, by Joseph W. Stucki; and 7–4, by Darrell G. Schulze.

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  1. Department of Geology, Australian National Univeristy, P. O. Box 4, 2600, Canberra, A.C.T, Australia

    Richard A. Eggleton

  2. Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, 47907, West Lafayette, IN, USA

    Darrell G. Schulze

  3. Department of Agronomy, University of Illinois, 61801, Urbana, IL, USA

    Joseph W. Stucki

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Eggleton, R.A., Schulze, D.G., Stucki, J.W. (1988). Introduction to Crystal Structures of Iron-Containing Minerals. In: Stucki, J.W., Goodman, B.A., Schwertmann, U. (eds) Iron in Soils and Clay Minerals. NATO ASI Series, vol 217. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4007-9_7

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