A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Kaolinite |
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| Description | Kaolinite, Al2Si2O5(OH)4, is an earthy clay silicate. Kaolinite is a secondary mineral resulting from weathering or hydrothermal alteration of alumino-silicates such as feldspars and feldspathoids. It has a hardness of about 1.5-2 and it is named after its locality in Kao-Ling, China. |
| Location | USA ▹ North Dakota. Southwest North Dakota. |
| Photographer | Shannon Heinle. 2002-02-11. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #1499. |
| Key words | kaolinite, clay, silicate |
| Tech details | 320 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 2357 |
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