Talc-chlorite rocks in Attock slates.

M. A. Qaiser; M. Alauddin; S. M. Akhter; Ainul H. Khan

Author(s)

M. A. Qaiser Pakistan Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, PCSIR Laboratories, Peshawar, Pakistan

M. Alauddin Pakistan Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, PCSIR Laboratories, Peshawar, Pakistan

S. M. Akhter Pakistan Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, PCSIR Laboratories, Peshawar, Pakistan

Ainul H. Khan Pakistan Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, PCSIR Laboratories, Peshawar, Pakistan

Abstract

Dark grey to whitish rocks from Attock Khurd, previously described as low grade soapstone, were found to contain talc with a subordinate amount of chlorite (penninite). Other impurities are quartz calcite, dolomite, magnesite and pyrite. The mineral assemblage has in all probability resulted from magnesium-containing solution of hydro-thermal origin acting on illite of the slate.

Publication Details

Page(s) 53-57

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Published Journal: Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research, Volume: 23, Issue: 1--2, Year: 1980

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