Matter
- Name
- kaolinite (inf. 0.1 mm)
- Family
- mineral
- Database
- Experimentalists
- Parent matter
- Kaolinite KGa-1
- Level
- local matter
- Origins
- natural terrestrial
- Provider
- Source Clays Repository - The Clay Minerals Society, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
- Local reference code
- KGa-2
- Body name
- Earth
- Terrain type
- mineral surface
- Place
- Watten County , Georgia , United States
- Preparation
- sieved fraction
- Phase type
- solid
- Component type (group)
- mineral (silicate mineral)
- Type of porosity
- porous
- Grain sizes
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Grains Size min Size max Size median Size width Size mass fraction Grain shape #1 0.1 mm 1.0 None
- Oxides
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Formula SiO2 Al2O3 TiO2 Fe2O3 FeO MgO K2O P2O5 S F Mass fraction (%) 43.9 38.5 2.08 0.98 0.15 0.03 0.065 0.045 0.02 0.02 - Oxides comments
- Loss on heating: -550°C: 12.6%, 550-1000°C: 1.17%