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Dickite
Formula: Al2Si2O5(OH)4
A clay mineral with the same composition as kaolinite but different crystal structure.
Related Information
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. |