Geochemical Scavenging of Strontium
CLIFFORD FRONDEL 1
1 Department of Mineralogy, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Crandallite, an abundant mineral belonging to the alunite structure type, is a geochemical host for ordinary strontium in the soil profile and the deeper ground-water circulation. It may be useful in the scavenging or storage of the radioisotopes of strontium and certain other elements.