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Name: Kaolinite RRUFF ID: R140004 Ideal Chemistry: Al2Si2O5(OH)4 Locality: Guanajuato, Mexico Source: Rock Currier [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Consolidated fine-grained white powder Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction. |
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Mineral Groups: [ Clay (86) ] [ Kaolinite (7) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Kaolinite samples (2) ] |
POWDER DIFFRACTION | ||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R140004.1 | |||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.149(2)Å b: 8.940(2)Å c: 7.398(1)Å alpha: 91.68(2)° beta: 104.74(4) ° gamma: 89.79(3) ° Volume: 329.2(1) Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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REFERENCES for Kaolinite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file] |
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Johnson S W, Blake J M (1867) On kaolinite and pholerite, American Journal of Science and Arts, 93, 351-361 [view file] |
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Mackenzie R C (1955) Mineralogical Society (London), American Mineralogist, 40, 773-780 [view file] |
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Drits V A, Kashaev A A (1960) An x-ray study of a single crystal of kaolinite, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 5, 207-210 [view file] |
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Zvyagin B B (1960) Electron-diffraction determination of the structure of kaolinite, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 5, 32-42 [view file] |
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Konta J, Mraz L (1961) Dillnite and its relation to zunyite, American Mineralogist, 46, 629-636 [view file] |
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Church W R (1967) Abstract of paper presented at the twelfth annual meeting: The occurrence of kyanite, andalusite, pyrophyllite and kaolinite in lower Proterozoic (Huronian) rocks of Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 287-287 [view file] |
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De Pablo L (1967) Abstract of paper presented at the twelfth annual meeting: Electron microscopy and diffraction on kaolinitic clays, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 287-287 [view file] |
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Allen V T, Fahey J J, Ross M (1969) Kaolinite and anauxite in the Ione Formation, California, American Mineralogist, 54, 206-211 [view file] |
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Bailey S W (1977) Report of the I.M.A-I.U.Cr. Joint Committee on Nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 62, 411-415 [view file] |
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International Mineralogical Association (1980) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 1053-1055 [view file] |
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Keller W D, Cheng H, Johns W D, Meng C (1980) Kaolin from the original kauling (gaoling) mine locality, Kiangsi Province, China, Clays and Clay Minerals, 28, 97-104 |
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Bish D L, von Dreele R B (1989) Rietveld refinement of non-hydrogen atomic positions in kaolinite, Clays and Clay Minerals, 37, 289-296 |
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Kelepertsis A E (1989) Formation of sulfates at the Thiaphes area of Milos Island: Possible precursors of kaolinite mineralization, The Canadian Mineralogist, 27, 241-245 [view file] |
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Bish D L (1993) Rietveld refinement of the kaolinite structure at 1.5K, Clays and Clay Minerals, 41, 738-744 |
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Farmer V C (1998) Differing effects of particle size and shape in the infrared and Raman spectra of kaolinite, Clay Minerals, 33, 601-604 |
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Madejova J, Komadel P (2001) Baseline studies of the Clay Minerals Society source clays: Infrared methods, Clays and Clay Minerals, 49, 410-432 |
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Ondru P, Veselovský F, Gabaová A, Hlouek J, rein V, Vavrín I, Skála R, Sejkora J, Drábek M (2003) Primary minerals of the Jáchymov ore district, Journal of the Czech Geological Society, 48, 19-147 [view file] |
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Hamilton V E, McSween H Y, Hapke B (2005) Mineralogy of Martian atmospheric dust inferred from thermal infrared spectra of aerosols, Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, E12006 [link] |
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Balan E, Delattre S, Guillaumet M, Salje E K H (2010) Low-temperature infrared spectroscopic study of OH-stretching modes in kaolinite and dickite, American Mineralogist, 95, 1257-1266 [view file] |
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Gunter M E (2010) Defining asbestos: differences between the built and natural environments, Chimia, 64, 747-752 |
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Benazzouz B K, Zaoui A, Belonoshko A B (2013) Determination of the melting temperature of kaolinite by means of the Z-method, American Mineralogist, 98, 1881-1885 |
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He H, Ji S, Tao Q, Zhu J, Chen T, Liang X, Li Z, Dong H (2017) Transformation of halloysite and kaolinite into beidellite under hydrothermal condition, American Mineralogist, 102, 997-1005 |
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Jige M, Takagi T, Takahashi Y, Kurisu M, Tsunazawa Y, Morimoto K, Hoshino M, Tsukimura K (2018) Fe-kaolinite in granite saprolite beneath sedimentary kaolin deposits: A mode of Fe substitution for Al in kaolinite, American Mineralogist, 103, 1126-1135 |
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Negrão L B A, Da Costa M L, Pöllmann H, Horn A (2018) An application of the Rietveld refinement method to the mineralogy of a bauxite-bearing regolith in the Lower Amazon, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 413-431 |
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Rao W, Liu X, Lv G, Liu M, Wang L, Niu J, Li Z, Liao L (2024) Correlation between Hinckley index and stacking order-disorder in kaolinite, American Mineralogist, 109, 135-143 |
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