Calcic mica

Ca and Mg is inversed for vermiculite and montmorillonite (Levy and Shainberg, 1972). Further, the natural mica-beidellite interlayered minerals (rectorite) are sodi-calcic while the mica-montmorillonite minerals (allevardite) are sodi-potassic. Quite possibly, the site of charge imbalance changes the selectivity coefficients for exchangeable ions. The montmorillonite series of interlayering will produce illite and the beidel-litic series could lead to a paragonitic or possibly calcic mica. 

Keller L. P. and Buseck P. R. (1991) Calcic micas in the Allende meteorite evidence for hydration reactions in the early solar nebula. Science 252, 946-949. 

The apparent discrepancy could reside in the fact that if potassium ions are available at all, they will form a mica at temperatures near 100°C. Montmorillonite structures below these conditions (pressure and temperature) need not contain potassium at all. However, at the correct physical conditions the 2 1 portion of the montmorillonite must change greatly (increase of total charge on the 2 1 unit) in order to form a mica unit in a mixed layered mineral phase. Since neither Na nor Ca ions will form mica at this temperature, potassium will be selectively taken from solution. Obviously this does not occur below 100°C since cation exchange on montmorillonites shows the reverse effect, i.e., concentration of calcium ions in the interlayer sites. If potassium is not available either In coexisting solids or in solutions, the sodi-calcic montmorillonite will undoubtedly persist well above 100°C. 

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