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TRANSACTIONS OF THE INSTITUTIONS OF MINING AND METALLURGY SECTION C-MINERAL PROCESSING AND EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY
Volume 115, Issue 3, Pages 150-154Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS AS
DOI: 10.1179/174328506X109121
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Weathering; Kimberlite; Smectite; Cation exchange capacity (CEC)
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- University of Pretoria
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Weathering tests on kimberlites from several sources indicate that the single most important aspect when considering kimberlite weathering is the presence of swelling clay. Certain kimberlites, containing no swelling clay, are non-weatherable even under considerably aggravated conditions. For other kimberlites, increasing swelling clay content correlates with more severe weathering. The cation exchange capacity (CEC) is a useful parameter that correlates with the swelling clay content; the CEC can be determined relatively fast and economically compared with determination of the swelling clay content by X-ray diffraction.
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