(1979) found that in an assumed Al-conservative alteration of granitic biotite to chlorite there was a 13% volume de-crease, and that Mg2+ and Fe2+ ions were added. Veblen and Ferry (1983) examined the partially chloritized biotite described by Ferry (1979) using transmission electron mi-croscopy. They showed that alteration to chlorite pro-
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