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Survey of Geochemical Self-Patterning Phenomena

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Chemical Instabilities

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Self-patterning phenomena involving chemical reactions take place in all rock types—sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic. Because apparent examples of geochemical self-organization cannot as a rule be directly proven by experiment, it is often difficult even to establish that they are true cases of self-patterning, let alone identify the mechanisms involved. Examples (with variable certainty) are: (1) Iron oxide can form concentric bands in chert nodules in limestones, and regularly spaced, cigar-shaped, lumps in shales. (2) Agates (aggregates of microcrystalline quartz fibers) may display all of the following: (a) banding looking remarkably like Liesegang banding; (b) adjacent bands that consist alternatingly of non-twisted and twisted quartz fibers; and (c) a distinctive chevron interference pattern, visible observing the agate between crossed polarizers. (3) Precambrian iron formations display alternating bands on one or more size scales, often with great lateral extent. (4) Mississippi-Valley-type ores often display striking alternating bands (∿ 1 cm) of any one or two of the minerals fluorite, dolomite, galena, sphalerite, and others; grain-size banding is also found.

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Merino, E. (1984). Survey of Geochemical Self-Patterning Phenomena. In: Nicolis, G., Baras, F. (eds) Chemical Instabilities. NATO ASI Series, vol 120. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7254-4_22

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