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The effect of disc mill grinding on some rock-forming minerals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

A. Reay*
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Abstract

Swing mill grinding causes appreciable oxidation of chlorite and biotite, and calcite becomes decarbonated. Magnetite is not affected. Relatively large grains can survive up to six minutes continuous grinding.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1981

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