“…Several solid solution models have been put forward for the clay minerals, from the simple ideal mixing on homologicai sites (Tardy and Fritz, 1981;Aagaard and Helgeson, 1983;Helgeson and Aagaard, 1985;Walshe, 1986) to more "non ideal" models (Stoessel, 1979(Stoessel, , 1981(Stoessel, , 1984. The actual solid solution behavior of illites and chlorites is far from known in any detail, and by realizing the uncertainties in the thermodynamic data of several of the end member components, as well, we feel that any advanced solution model is not warranted at our present stage of knowledge.…”