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Tobermorite from
Yarmouk river, Maqarin area, Irbid Governorate, Jordan


Locality type:River
Classification
Species:Tobermorite
Formula:Ca4Si6O17(H2O)2 · (Ca · 3H2O)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tobermorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Yarmouk river, Maqarin area, Irbid Governorate, Jordan
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:972284
Long-form Identifier:1:3:972284:2
GUID (UUID V4):bbdc2401-d2e3-4318-a1df-9bd13655abfa
References
Khoury, H. and Nassir, S. (1982): High temperature mineralization in the bituminous limestone in Maqarin area - North Jordan. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 144, 197-213.
Khoury, H. N., Salameh, E., & Abdul-Jaber, Q. (1985). Characteristics of an unusual highly alkaline water from the Maqarin area, northern Jordan. Journal of Hydrology, 81(1), 79-91.
Pitty, A. F., & Alexander, W. R. (2010). A natural analogue study of cement buffered, hyperalkaline groundwaters and their interaction with a repository host rock IV: an examination of the Khushaym Matruk (central Jordan) and Maqarin (northern Jordan) sites. NDA-RWMD Technical Report, NDA, Moors Row, UK.
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Wilson, James, Bateman, Keith, Tachi, Yukio (2021) The impact of cement on argillaceous rocks in radioactive waste disposal systems: A review focusing on key processes and remaining issues. Applied Geochemistry, 130. 104979pp. doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2021.104979
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interface will impede further degradation. The extended area in the argillaceous rocks displays an elevated pH...over time. The interface included a calcite/tobermorite/C-A-S-H layer but this layer had no sig­ nificant...crushing is normally necessary to increase the surface area available for reaction in an appropriate time frame...Porosimetry analysis of the OPC-OPA interface showed an area of reduced porosity within the cement matrix, ≈...the material matrix. Zeolite (phillipsite), tobermorite and C-A-S-H were observed at the interface between
 
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