Post by
Wangotango67 on Nov 19, 2022 4:23pm
THOUGHTS -
Quartz - cubic crystals
Felsic quartz - sheet like layers - small factions and large sheet layers
Could a - potassic acid - alter cubic quartz to turn felsic sheet like ?
Chlorite - some think biotite originates from - chlorite.
Biotite - is akin to - micas - sheet like quartz.
put it all together ?
Potassium alters quartz to turn felsic.
Whether small flat flecks ( sheet like ) quartz or large like feldspars.
Chlroite comes in with it's own influence -
Chlorite as an - ion - penetrates quartz and felsics.
I'm not a big fan of, agreeing that chlorite rock exisits.
I'm more prone to beleive - chlroite merges / stains, quartz.
Supposing - chlorite has an inherent - biotite - with in - it then, incubates with the flesic quartz
Potassium swaps with chlorite and begins grwoing the seeded biotite from the chlorite.
Keep in mind - were talking crystals, and ITES - which are cubic crystals.
They grow in the right conditions.
If biotite can emminate from chlorite - and if one paper i read suggested - biotite can form into
pentlandite - whichis a reknown nickel ore...then,
The compass would point back to - chlorite as a chief building block, nickel origin.
Any wonder why... nickel is often found in, serpentine group minerals or chlorite rocks ?
Could chlorite be misunderstood ?
Could chlorite be moreso nickel ion related ?
Felsic quartz with potassium, might allow a free roaming non metallic nickel ion in with easier penetration, vs, quartz crystal structure. CHLORITE / POTASSIUM SWAPPING.
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WHAT CAUSES CRYSTAL GROWTH ?
Just like copper sulphate or chlorate - they grow crystals.
What's the missing link ?
water / acid / salts each act and promote as a - conduit for - ELECTRICTY.
Electrical Charge - is needed to spark growth.
So.. let's look at a high charability - deposit - in a different way -
Lots of salts, interacting, water, acids, sulphur, chlorines, potassium, and....
telluric currents charging these elements which promote - crystal growths.
Cheers.....
p.s. - look for a free roaming - nickel ion - in non metallic form.
most likely in the chlorites, or could be potassic in nature. ( or both ) if each have reacted.
if a nickel ion is present... then, one has to ask, what is needed to give nickel a home ?
What would facilitate a nickel ion - bond - to say.... silicate to form silicate nickel ?