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Dickite

A clay mineral with the same composition as kaolinite but different crystal structure.

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Links

URLs http://www.mindat.org/min-1287.html
Dickite at mindat.org
URLs http://webmineral.com/data/Dickite.shtml
Dickite at Webmineral.com
URLs http://www.minersoc.org/pages/gallery/claypix/dickite/dick_3.html
Dickite micrograph at minersoc.org
URLs http://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/pdfs/Dickite.pdf
Dickite mineralogy data
Minerals Kaolinite
The most fundamental clay mineral. This mineral is found in nature in its purest form as kaolin. How
Typecodes Clay Minerals
The property of plasticity is evident in a wide array of materials of different mineralogy. In addition, many minerals are considered parent minerals to clays, they weather down to become these clays.
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