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Definition of Kaolinite
1. Noun. A mineral consisting of aluminum silicate; main source of kaolin.
Definition of Kaolinite
1. Noun. (minerology) A common hydrous aluminosilicate mineral found in sediments, soils and sedimentary rocks, Al2Si2O5(OH)4; one of the kaolin group of minerals. ¹
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Definition of Kaolinite
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kaolinite
Literary usage of Kaolinite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Clays: Their Occurrence, Properties, and Uses, with Especial Reference to by Heinrich Ries (1908)
"It has naturally been assumed by most writers that kaolinite was a widely
distributed mineral in clays, but when we come to sift the evidence of its ..."
2. The Mineral Industry (1899)
"The pure kaolinite is chemically a hydrous silicate of alumina with a formula
... The common impurities which occur with the kaolinite are silica, iron, ..."
3. Manual of Mineralogy and Lithology: Containing the Elements of the Science by James Dwight Dana (1886)
"Obs. The soapy feel of kaolinite distinguishes a clay consisting of it from other
kinds of clay ; and when common clays are " unctuous " it is usually owing ..."
4. Transactions of the American Ceramic Society Containing the Papers and by American Ceramic Society, American Ceramic Society Meeting (1901)
"One of these properties is the strong basal cleavage which kaolinite crystals
exhibit ... The theory of the basal cleavage of the kaolinite crystals in flat ..."
5. Biennial report by North Dakota Geological Survey (1906)
"It has already been noted how kaolinite is derived from the decomposition of
feldspar, and also that the amount of kaolinite present in clay varies greatly. ..."
6. Burning Clay Wares by Ellis Lovejoy (1920)
"kaolinite comes from the disintegration of crystalline rocks, ... In the
disintegration process, silica in part is set free, kaolinite is formed, ..."
7. Contributions to the Geology of Eastern Massachusetts by William Otis Crosby (1880)
"kaolinite. —At the large quarry on Tremont Street, a short distance west of the
Roxbury Station on the Boston and Providence Railroad, the conglomerate is ..."
8. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1905)
"kaolinite crystallizes in the monoclinic system, but it is usually in clay- like
masses, either compact or friable. Its chemical composition is represented ..."
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