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The geology of illite is surprisingly diverse since it forms in soil as well as in metamorphic or peri-magmatic conditions. The goal of this chapter is to give an overview of this diversity in order to outline the most important facts concerning illite formation. This information gives a basis to determine the transformation of minerals into illite according to the factors of kinetics (Chap. 3) and to apply the knowledge of illite formation to practical problems of mineral resource development and some environmental problems.
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Meunier, A., Velde, B. (2004). The Geology of Illite. In: Illite. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-07850-1_3
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