Glauconite (English spelling)

Japanese: 海緑石 - かいりょくせき(英語表記)glauconite
Glauconite (English spelling)
A mineral of the mica group. (K, Ca, Na) 1- x (Al, Fe 3+ , Fe 2+ , Mg) 2 (Si, Al) 4 O 10 (OH) 2 . It is gray-green or green in color. It is monoclinic, usually earthy or granular, matte, with a hardness of 2 and a specific gravity of 2.2 to 2.8. It weathers to yellow or brown. It occurs in shallow marine sedimentary rocks and volcaniclastic rocks. It is used as an ion exchange agent to soften hard water and as a potash fertilizer. The name of the mineral comes from the Greek glaucos (blue-green). Glauconite is a mineral that forms simultaneously with sediments and contains potassium, so it is the most popular mineral for dating strata, as absolute dating can be done by the potassium-argon method.

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Japanese:
雲母族の鉱物。 (K,Ca,Na)1-x(Al,Fe3+,Fe2+,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2 。灰緑ないし緑色を呈する。単斜晶系,普通は土状または粒状,無光沢,硬度2,比重 2.2~2.8。風化すると黄色または褐色。浅海性堆積岩や火山砕屑岩中に産する。イオン交換剤として硬水の軟化や,またカリ肥料として利用される。鉱物名はギリシア語の glaucos (青緑色の意) に由来する。海緑石は堆積物と同時生成鉱物であってカリを含むので,カリウム・アルゴン法で絶対年代を測定できるため地層の年代測定に最も注目される鉱物である。

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