wAbstract
@Microdenticles (with lengths in the micron-submicron range rather
than tens of microns) are developed on the lateral surfaces of
larger gclassich denticles on naturally weathered hornblende from
weathered amphibolite of the Carroll Knob Complex in western North
Carolina. Microdenticles share the shape and orientation of the
larger more typical denticles, producing arrays of microdenticles
that give the larger host denticle the appearance of a surface
covered with imbricate pointed or rounded scales. The arrays of
imbricate microdenticles are formed by low-temperature aqueous
alteration during weathering of the Carroll Knob Complex hornblende;
they are later-stage corrosion forms on already-corroded surfaces
of hornblende that show larger-scale evidence of typical weathering.
In the Carroll Knob occurrence, hornblende microdenticles are
associated with dilute weathering solutions, suggesting possible
control by extreme undersaturation of solutions with respect to
hornblende.x
1. Introduction
2. Materials and methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
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