clay minerals
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group of minerals
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Vinony files it under Clay minerals group and Soil chemistry.
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- mineral
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- Clay minerals
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- Category:Clay minerals group
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Encyclopedic overview
Oxford Clay (Jurassic) exposed near Weymouth, England Clay minerals are hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates (e.g. kaolin, Al2Si2O5(OH)4), sometimes with variable amounts of iron, magnesium, alkali metals, alkaline earths, and other cations found on or near some planetary surfaces.
Clay minerals form in the presence of water and have been important to life, and many theories of abiogenesis involve them. They are important constituents of soils, and have been useful to humans since ancient times in agriculture and manufacturing.
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