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. 2021 Sep 16;6(38):24362–24376. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.1c02522

Table 7. Relative Content of Pyrite and Clay Minerals, Classified by Size and Morphologya.

raw coal YQ9-BC YQ9-SB YQ15-BC GZ9-DC GZ9-SD GZ9-BC
pyrite massive 21.4 28.8 12.2 18.6 7.7 48.5
  framboidal 6.8 4.4 36.8 21.5 22.3 3.8
  disseminated 10.2 5.6 27.6 24.8 36.8 5.7
  cell fillings 16.6 11.2 9.8 11.2 18.2 11.3
  fracture fillings 34.4 41.6 7.6 14.2 5.5 27.2
  others 10.6 8.4 6.0 9.7 9.5 3.5
  total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
raw coal YQ9-BC YQ9-SB YQ15-BC GZ9-DC GZ9-SD GZ9-BC
clay mineral massive 18.4 46.0 14.2 5.8 8.7 65.5
  manded 29.8 22.6 34.8 39.6 30.5 14.3
  disperse 36.4 16.2 25.4 46.1 33.7 7.7
  cell fillings 15.4 15.2 25.6 8.5 27.1 12.5
  total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
clean coal YQ9-BC-C YQ9-SB-C YQ15-BC-C GZ9-DC-C GZ9-SD-C GZ9-BC-C
pyrite massive 2.4 1.0 1.8 5.8 3.2 0.7
  framboidal 26.8 19.6 48.0 36.7 15.8 16.1
  disseminated 54.6 58.2 37.8 46.2 55.8 76.0
  cell fillings 14.2 18.6 10.6 10.4 23.0 5.5
  fracture- fillings 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2
  others 1.6 2.2 1.6 0.6 1.9 1.5
  total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
clean coal YQ9-BC-C YQ9-SB-C YQ15-BC-C GZ9-DC-C GZ9-SD-C GZ9-BC-C
clay mineral massive 0.8 1.2 1.8 0.5 1.2 0.6
  banded 24.4 28.4 33.4 39.8 33.5 17.8
  disperse 49.8 48.2 51.4 43.9 42.7 63.5
  cell fillings 25.0 22.2 13.4 15.8 22.6 18.1
  total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
a

Influence of mineral occurrence on washability.