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Science. 1964 Nov 13;146(3646):917-8. doi: 10.1126/science.146.3646.917.

Graphitization of Organic Material in a Progressively Metamorphosed Precambrian Iron Formation.

Science (New York, N.Y.)

B M French

PMID: 17777057 DOI: 10.1126/science.146.3646.917

Abstract

Organic matter in the sedimentary Biwabik iron formation in northern Minnesota shows a progressive increase in crystallinity where the formation is metamorphosed by the intrusive Duluth gabbro complex. X-ray diffraction of acid-insoluble residues shows that there is a complete range in crystallinity, from amorphous material in the unmetamorphosed sediments to completely crystalline graphite adjacent to the gabbro.

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