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Detailed mineralogical characteristics of various forms of glauconite occurrence in Lower Cretaceous marine terrigenous rocks of the White Island (Binnel Bay, southern England) are discussed. It has been shown that glauconite was formedin situ due to the transformation of fine-dispersed and sandy-silty terrigenous materials. The influence of bacterial activity on glauconite formation is supported by the study of dissolution zones on quartz and feldspar grains, which revealed biomorphic structures akin to fossilized bacteria.
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Geptner, A.R., Ivanovskaya, T.A. Glauconite from lower cretaceous marine terrigenous rocks of England: A concept of biochemogenic origin. Lithol Miner Resour 35, 434–444 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02782729
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