“…These terms include a variety of intergrown and mixed-layered structures such as: biotite-chlorite, white mica-chlorite, chlorite-vermiculite, lowcharge biotite and chlorite-smectite (Velde, 1978;Black, 1975;Nicot, 1981;Maresch et al, 1985;Lee and Peacor, 1985;Franceschelli et al, 1986;Mellini et al, 1991;Ruiz Cruz, 1999Ruiz Cruz et al, 2002;Do Campo and Nieto, 2005;Ruiz Cruz and Nieto, 2006). Interesting thermal decomposition studies of phyllosilicates such as muscovite, illite and chlorite, carried out on single crystals or on phases occurring in raw materials for ceramic production or in the ceramic micromass (consisting of material <10 mm in size, this term is used in preference to matrix) are also available in the relevant literature (Guggenheim et al, 1987;Worden et al, 1992;Murad and Wagner, 1996;Kalinichenko et al, 1997;Mazzucato et al, 1999;Sanchez-Navas, 1999;Kloprogge and Frost, 2000;Cultrone et al, 2001;RodriguezNavarro et al, 2003;Viti et al, 2004;Devineau et al, 2006;Gualtieri and Ferrari, 2006;GridiBennadji et al, 2008).…”