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http://dx.doi.org/10.9727/jmsk.2013.26.2.87

Occurrence and Mineralogical Characteristics of Dolomite Ores from South Korea  

Hwang, Jinyeon (Department of Geologic Sciences, Pusan National University)
Choi, Jin Beom (Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Gyeongsan National University)
Jeong, Gi Young (Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Andong National University)
Oh, Jiho (Department of Geologic Sciences, Pusan National University)
Choi, Younghun (Department of Geologic Sciences, Pusan National University)
Lee, Jinhyun (Department of Geologic Sciences, Pusan National University)
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Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Korea / v.26, no.2, 2013 , pp. 87-99 More about this Journal
Abstract
The occurrence, mineralogical characteristics, and origin of the dolomite ores were investigated from major dolomite mines in South Korea. Mineralogical and textural properties of the ores and associated minerals were analyzed using X-ray diffraction, thin section petrography, and scanning electron microscopy. Dolomite ores were light to dark gray in color and mainly composed of dolomite in varying particle size with minor amounts of calcite, quartz and micas. Calcite, quartz, illite, feldspar, kaolin minerals, and chlorite occurred in local veins, dikes and alteration zones. Sepiolite and wollastonite occurred in the altered part of some mine. Asbestos minerals such as chrysotile and tremolite, however, were not identified in the present study. Reddish brown to yellow clay materials were mainly composed of illite, occasionally associated with kaolin minerals and smectite. These clay minerals might be a product of the local hydrothermal alteration related to the dyke intrusion and subsequent weathering. As well indicated in the previous studies, mineral composition, texture, and occurrence of the dolostone beds suggest their formation through the diagenesis of carbonate sediments deposited in the shallow sea during the Precambrian to Paleozoic period.
Keywords
dolomite; dolostone; occurrence; genesis; asbestos;
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