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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Allophane
A clay mineral similar to kaolinite. |
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Kaolinite
The most fundamental clay mineral. This mineral is found in nature in its purest form as kaolin. How |
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Dickite
A clay mineral with the same composition as kaolinite but different crystal structure. |
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Montmorillonite, Bentonite
A clay mineral of extremely small particle size and high plasticity. Raw bentonite is generally a pa |
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Illite
Illite is a mica-like clay mineral that carries its own potassium flux, making illitic natural clays |
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Halloysite
From a purely physical properties point-of-view, halloysite is a clay mineral similar to kaolin in f |
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Smectite
A highly plastic clay mineral related to montmorillonite (bentonite), more correctly, the name of th |
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Hectorite
An uncommon fine-grained highly plastic clay mineral related to bentonite. Named after Hector, CA. F |
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Chlorite
A group of silicate clay minerals. |
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Nacrite
A clay mineral. |
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Nontronite
A clay mineral. |
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Attapulgite, Palygorskite
Attapulgite is a magnesium aluminum silicate clay of very fine particle size. It is also known as Fu |
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Sepiolite
A clay mineral. |
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Saponite
A clay mineral. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smectite
Smectite on WikiPedia |
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