The possible role of clay mineralogy in the study of microspherules of cosmic origin

• Main Author: Viczián István
• Format: Text
• Language: Hungarian; English
• Published: University of Szeged, Department of Mineralogy, Geochemistry and Petrology 1996
• Subjects: 01. Természettudományok; 01.05. Föld- és kapcsolódó környezettudományok; Barents Sea; Crater Lake; Jupiter; Saturn
• Online Access: http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/24831/; http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/24831/1/mineralogica_037_035-040.pdf

In this short review the clay mineralogy of rocks of cosmic or impact origin and of their enclosing sediments are discussed. In cosmic matter (meteorites, rocks of the Moon) clay minerals, even hydrous layer silicates are extremely rare (very minor amounts in some Apollo 11 lunar samples and in carb...