Phyllosilicates

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aPhyllosilicates General Formula

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(Si2O5)-2

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Phyllosilicates came from the Greek word?

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Phyllon

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Phyllon meaning?

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Leaf-like texture

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Phyllosilicates are also known as?

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Sheet Silicates

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Made up of tetrahedral rings and slanted octahedral

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Sheets

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Phyllosilicates are mostly _____ bearing.

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Hydroxyl Bearing

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Sheets consist of ?

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Tetrahedral Sheet and Octahedral Sheet

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Sheet of SiO4 all in the same orientation, Si2O5

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Tetrahedral Sheet

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Octahedral Layers are negatively charged due to the?

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Isomorphous Substitution of Cations

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An aluminum hydroxide mineral with the chemical formula Al(OH)3

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Gibbsite

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Al Dominated

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Dioctahedral Sheet

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Mg Dominated

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Trioctahedral Sheet

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A magnesium hydroxide mineral with the chemical formula MG(OH)3

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Brucite

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The process of hydrothermal alteration that transforms Fe-Mg silicates contained in ultramafic rocks into serpentine minerals.

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Serpentinization

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5 Serpentine Minerals

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Amesite
Chrysocolla
Lizardite
Antigorite
Chrysotile

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Categorized under the Clastic Sedimentary Rock, are made up of layered structures of fine-grained minerals.

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Clay Minerals

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One of the most ancient mineral substances used by mankind.

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Clay

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Clays are excellent_____

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Adsorbents

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Clay can be used in various industries such as?

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Construction
Agriculture
Ceramics
Drilling

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A special type of polymorphism that is usually used to describe the variation of structures and sequences in layer materials.

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Polytypism

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What is the only way to differentiate clay minerals / sedimentary rocks from each other?

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X-ray Diffraction

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Refers to the process by which minerals form within sediments and sedimentary rocks

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Authigenesis

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Clay Minerals

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Talc
Pyrophyllite
Kaolinite

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Classified as 1:1 clay, also considered as the purest of all clays

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Kaolinite Group

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Kaolinite is generally used in?

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Ceramic Industry

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Classified as 2:1 swelling clay, Van der Waals bonding

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Smectite Group

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Smectite generally used in?

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Wastewater management, textile industry

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Minerals under Smectite Group

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Montmorillonite Vermiculite

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Classified as a 2:1 non swelling clay, mica-like clay mineral

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Illite Group

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What substitution occur in the Illite Group?

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Isomorphous Substitution

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Exhibit a two-dimensional sheer or layer structure

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Mica Minerals

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Mica minerals are fairly ____ and relatively _____

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light and soft

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Mica Minerals use in the industry

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Drywalls Paints Fillers Roofing

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Mica Minerals

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Biotite Muscovite Margarite Lepidolite Phlogopite Glauconite

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Exhibit a 2:1:1 structural layer and distinguished by their green color.

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Chlorite Group

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Minerals under Chlorite Group

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Chamosite Clinochlore

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Other Minerals

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Armstrongite Apophyllite Carletonite Dalyite

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Alias of Talc

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Soapstone

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Variety of Pyrophyllite

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Cattle Egg Stone

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China Clay

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Kaolinite

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Rarest Kaolinite minerl

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Nacrite

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Hollow tubular morphology

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Halloysite

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Black cotton soil

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Montmorillonite

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Variety of Montmorillonite

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Batrachite

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Variety of vermiculite

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Eastonite

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Alias of Illite

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Hydromica

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Black mica

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Biotite

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Potash mica

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Muscovite

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Pearl MIca

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Margarite

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Magnesium Mica

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Phlogopite

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Laminar Shape

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Chamosite