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ONLY detailed sampling of early weathering stages combined with suitable analytical techniques can reveal the presence of gibbsite as a primary weathering product in certain weathering crusts of acid igneous rocks. It is therefore instructive to examine the findings of some previous workers in relation to the methods they used.
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WATSON, J. Formation of Gibbsite as a Primary Weathering Product of Acid Igneous Rocks. Nature 196, 1123–1124 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/1961123a0
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