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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 357. Not illustrated. Chapters: Kaolinite, Amblygonite, Limonite, Muscovite, Actinolite, Montmorillonite, Vermiculite, Balangeroite, Chrysotile, Serpentine Group, Azurite, Boleite, Beraunite, Lawsonite, Cyrilovite, Cleusonite, Malachite, Afwillite, Epidote, Dickite, Creedite, Cummingtonite, Hydroxylapatite, Coconinoite, Anthophyllite, Jadarite, Brucite, Glauconite, Gibbsite, Zoisite, Pyrophyllite, Barbertonite, Manganite, Roscoelite, Pharmacosiderite, Hydromagnesite, Nepouite, Jarosite, Glaucophane, Calumetite, Macaulayite, Arfvedsonite, Adamite, Babingtonite, Caledonite, Vesuvianite, Paragonite, Brazilianite, Piemontite, Staurolite, Zippeite, Garnierite, Zinnwaldite, Wavellite, Shattuckite, Tincalconite, Brammallite, Riebeckite, Dawsonite, Zanazziite, Cyanotrichite, Tremolite, Humite, Clinoclase, Lepidocrocite, Datolite, Zunyite, Zaratite, Libethenite, Pectolite, Stichtite, Sepiolite, Wardite, Clarkeite, Liroconite, Sauconite, Akdalaite, Xonotlite, Feroxyhyte, Tyrolite, Atacamite, Bertrandite, Linarite, Aluminite, Celadonite, Ashoverite, Wyartite, Segelerite, Chalcophyllite, Leadhillite, Saliotite, Artinite, Adelite, Bentorite, Coffinite, Geigerite, Fluorichterite, Niedermayrite, Zaccagnaite, Zaherite, Hydrozincite, Abhurite, Zakharovite, Volborthite, Crossite, Euchroite, Herderite, Vauquelinite, Teruggite, Triploidite, Aeschynite-(nd), Berborite, Santite, Zharchikhite, Vauxite, Jurbanite, Calciovolborthite. Excerpt: Montmorillonite is a very soft phyllosilicate group of minerals that typically form in microscopic crystals, forming a clay. It is named after Montmorillon in France. Montmorillonite, a member of the smectite family, is a 2:1 clay, meaning that it has 2 tetrahedral sheets sandwiching a central octahedral sheet. The particles are plate-shaped with an average diameter of approximately one micrometre. Members of this g...
