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Kaolinite
Kaolinite
() is a
clay mineral
, part of the group of
industrial minerals
, with the chemical composition
Al
2
Si
2
O
5
(
OH
)
4
. It is a layered
silicate mineral
, with one
tetrahedral
sheet of silica (SiO
4
) linked through
oxygen
atoms
to one
octahedral
sheet of
alumina
(AlO
6
) octahedra. Rocks that are rich in kaolinite are known as
kaolin
or
china clay
.
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