Economic geology is a mixtum compositum of all geoscientific disciplines focused on one
goal, finding new mineral depsosits and enhancing their exploitation. The keystones of this …

The modular approach is a powerful tool in current inorganic crystal chemistry. It enables not
only a more detailed analysis of the known structures and the determination of structural …

Many studies of the chemical composition of sepiolite and palygorskite have been carried
out using analytical electron microscopy (AEM). According to the literature, a compositional …

The most important sepiolite and palygorskite deposits and occurrences were formed in
continental environments by authigenesis, through direct precipitation from solution …

Sepiolite is a fibrous clay mineral which, together with palygorskite, is an end-member of the
palygorskite–sepiolite polysomatic series. Both palygorskite and sepiolite are renowned in …

The structure and chemical composition of sepiolite and palygorskite are known from the first
half of the twentieth century. Ideal palygorskite Si 8 O 20 (Al 2 Mg 2)(OH) 2 (OH 2) 4⋅ H 2 O) …

Abstract The Serinhisar-Acipayam basin of western Anatolia hosts a Neogene alkaline lake
which formed in some graben and semi-graben depression zones as a result of N–S …

The book provides a wide introduction on history, minerology, geology, and the
characteristics and application of different natural nanotubes. It is the first comprehensive …

Widespread chemical weathering of Tertiary alkaline volcanic rocks in the vicinity of Trabzon
(NE Turkey) has led to the formation of well developed reddish-brown saprolite. These …

Sepiolite and bentonite have a wide range of industrial applications based on their
physicochemical properties such as surface area, thermal behavior, chemical composition …