Location: |
Laterite. Gove, Northern Territories, Australia |
Major Minerals: |
Gibbsite, boehmite, haematite, limonite, kaolinite |
Minor Minerals: |
Anatase, brookite, rutile |
Trace Minerals: |
Include ilmenite, cassiterite |
Textures: |
Pisoliths have nucleated about rock clasts, haematite or earlier pisoliths. Gibbsite and boehmite are cryptocrystalline and iron-stained by very fine-grained iron oxides |
References: |
Grubb, 1970; 1973 |