“…The analytical techniques of X-ray diffraction and major oxide analysis are the primary means used to elucidate I/S crystal chemistry (MacEwan and Ruiz-Amil, 1975;Hower et al, 1976;Reynolds, 1980;Srodofi et.al., 1986;Eberl and Srodofi, 1988). Ancillary techniques such as electron microscopy (Nadeau et al, 1984a(Nadeau et al, , 1984b(Nadeau et al, , 1984cInoue et al, 1987;Ahn and Buseck, 1990), IR spectroscopy (Juo and White, 1969;Farmer and Velde, 1973;Sayin and Reichenbach, 1978;Velde, 1983) and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (Kirkpatrick et al, 1986;Weiss et al, 1987;Altaner et al, 1988;Woessner, 1989) have provided additional constraints on the crystallographic and chemical details of I/S. Theoretical electrostatic potential calculations have also improved our perception of 2:1 pbyllosilicate structures (Giese, 1971;Bleam, 1990), and it appears that the ability to predict large clay mineral structures accurately via ab initio electron wavefunction calcula-J Present address: Department of Geology, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602.…”