Meta-bauxite deposit in the Tavşanlı Zone, NW Turkey: A new locality for gem-quality diaspore formation

• Published in: Journal of Asian Earth Sciences: X Vol. 8; p. 100114
• Main Author: Gündoğan, İbrahim
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2022; Elsevier
• Subjects: Gem-quality diaspore; Meta-bauxite; Tavşanlı zone; Tavşanlı zone; Gem-quality diaspore; Meta-bauxite

[Display omitted] •The Tavşanlı Zone marbles in western Anatolia contain karstic-type meta-bauxites.•The bauxite contains mainly diaspore, chloritoid, muscovite, paragonite and hercynite.•The bauxites were largely derived from redeposited argillic sediments.•Blueschist metamorphic conditions are est...