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THE extensive polymorphism shown to exist among the mica minerals by Hendricks and Jefferson1 has been confirmed by a number of workers in more recent years2,3. Polymorphism similarly has been clearly demonstrated for other layer lattice silicates, for example, for the chlorites by Brindley, Oughton and Robinson4.
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RADOSLOVICH, E. Structural Control of Polymorphism in Micas. Nature 183, 253 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/183253a0
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