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Kaolinite from
Kaolin, Russell County, Alabama, USA


Classification
Species:Kaolinite
Formula:Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Kaolinite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kaolin, Russell County, Alabama, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:293641
Long-form Identifier:1:3:293641:3
GUID (UUID V4):41b2e1c0-2722-4284-83fe-08cd4a64097e
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
I I 34° MARIOH 34° I LAMAR , v:I G'l Alabama Q, \'l'I Q, 33° 0 1- I I I (/) ";lO ...Geological Survey of Alabama P.O. Box 0 Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35486 85° • County Seat ALABAMA'S MINERAL...iron furnace was built near Russellville, Franklin County, utilizing local brown iron-ore (goethite) deposits...Tennessee River Valley area near Huntsville, Madison County, the first such mineralogical description in the...the Coosa River (Chilton County). Utilization of mineral resources in Alabama has long been a significant
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AT E U F A U L A , USA T. C. L U K A S , * : ~ F. C. L O U G H N A N ~ ALABAMA, AND J. L. E A D E...University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA, and ~fSchool of Applied Geology, University of NS...deposits of the Eufaula district, south-eastern Alabama, appears to have received general acceptance but...deposits of the Eufaula district, south-eastern Alabama (Fig. 1), have incited interest not only because...and associated kaolin, and (iii) the evident downward gradation of the bauxite into kaolin. On the basis
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2003. ALTERATION OF VOLCANIC ROCKS AND GENESIS OF KAOLIN DEPOSITS IN THE SILE REGION, NORTHERN ISTANBUL...Georgia, Department of Geology, Athens, GA 30602-2501, USA 2 Abstract—The Sile Region contains discontinuous...volcanic rocks. The Sülüklü area has the largest kaolin deposit in this region. Cyclic kaolinization depended...in cyclic swamp environments and, therefore, kaolinite contents vary in each discontinuous lens-shaped...within the basin. The kaolins comprise disordered kaolinite, illite, smectite, gibbsite, quartz, pyrite, anatase
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
TUSCALOOSA GROUP IN ALABAMA* by Ons M. CLARKE, JR. Geological Survey of Alabama. ABSTRACT Sediments...Carolina through the kaolin districts of South Carolina and Georgia, across Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky...eroded surface of pre-Triassic rocks. In eastern Alabama clay beds within the Tuscaloosa Group that occur...accumulations derived from saprolite, and consist of kaolinite, montmorillonite, chlorite and quartz. Clays occurring...ofillite,kaolinite, quartz and minor amounts of montmorillonite and chlorite. Westward in Alabama, clay
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
470–485, 2008. LOW-TEMPERATURE FTIR STUDY OF KAOLIN-GROUP MINERALS C L I FF T . J OH N ST O N 1 , *...West Lafayette, IN 47907-2054, USA 2 IMERYS, Sandersville, GA 31082, USA 3 Department of Geological Sciences...Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA 4 Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate...low-temperature positions of the n(OH) bands of kaolinite, dickite, and nacrite were linearly correlated...dickite-like disorder was found in high Hinckley-Index kaolinite from Keokuk, Iowa, and from Cornwall, England
Report (issue)
................... South Carolina-Georgia-Alabama Kaolin Belt....... Argentina........................locations of: 1. Six major kaolin districts in the South Carolina-Georgia-Alabama kaolin belt..................Chemical composition ranges of saprolite from Spokane County, Washington———————————————————————————— Characteristics...minerals of the kaolin group—kaolinite, halloysite, dickite, and nacrite. Kaolinite is by far the most...and some saprolite contains gibbsite replacing kaolinite. Generally, saprolite that is a potential resource
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
No. 2, 73–84, 2015. MID-INFRARED FEATURES OF KAOLINITE-DICKITE J AV I E R C U A DR O S * , R A QU E L...London SW7 5BD, UK Abstract—Transformation of kaolinite to dickite is a common diagenetic reaction. The...quantification of the relative proportions of kaolinite and dickite, validated by X-ray diffraction (XRD)...during the mineralogical changes. A group of kaolinite and dickite samples was investigated: 13 samples...Sea), three kaolinite specimens with different crystal order and particle size (KGa-2, kaolinite API 17,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Park, Pennsylvania 16802 J. L. HARRISON Georgia Kaolin Research, Springfield, New Jersey 07081 M. LIPSICAS2...hydrogen bonding is weaker in dickite than in kaolinite; (2) frequency of the vl stretching band of the...hydroxyls increases sequentially from well-ordered kaolinite through the disordered structures to well-ordered...not compatible with the crystal structures of kaolinite and dickite as refined by Suitch and Young. Key...Fourier-transform inflared spectroscopy, Kaolinite. INTRODUCTION Kaolinite and dickite are dioctahedral 1:1
Report (issue)
Kaolin, Refractory Clay, Ball Clay, and Halloysite in North America, Hawaii, and the Caribbean Region...Region Kaolin, Refractory Clay, Ball Clay, and Halloysite in North America, Hawaii, and the Caribbean Region...PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1306 Geologic descriptions of kaolin deposits occurring at 46 localities UNITED STATES...1306) Bibliography: p. 1. Kaolin North America. 2. Kaolin Hawaii. 3. Kaolin Caribbean Area. 4. Clay North...Gulf Coastal Plains South Carolina-Georgia-Alabama kaolin belt Location Occurrence and age - Arkansas
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Table of Contents NORTHAMERICA UNITED STATES Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut...AMERICA-UNITED STATES Alabama Brewer, W. M.-The Warwhoop Bauxite Bank, Alabama. Eng. Min. Jour., 55,...District, Alabama. U. S. Geol. Surv., Bull. 315, 291-5 (1907). Chatard, T. M.-Analysis of Kaolin from Greenville...282, 292 (1897). Clark, G . H.-Mica Deposits of Alabama. Ala. Geol. Surv., Bull. 24, 115 pp. ( 1921) .... Min. Jour., 83, 574-75 (1907). McCalley, H.-Alabama Bauxite. Proc. Ala. Ifid.and Sci. SOC.,2,20-32
Book
Increasingly elaborate processing techniques. Kaolin may be ground and airfloated to produce filler...become highly competitive. Materials used include kaolin, talc, calcium carbon- ate, mica, wollastonite...bulk substances like cement and phosphate rock. Kaolin is shipped from Georgia to Japan, talc from Montana...for example, are almost entirely derived from the USA and Tur- key, a situation too narrowly based comfort...Minerals International Congress took place in Boston, USA, in April 1988. 4| a) envi at wererieryre' humus
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
BAUXITE AT THE A L A B A M A STREET MINE, SALINE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, ILLUSTRATED BY S C A N N I N G ELECTRON...Columbia, Missouri 65211 2 Alabama Geological Survey, University, Alabama 35486 Ahstract--Resilication...bauxite produced kaolin at and beneath an old erosion surface on bauxite at the Alabama Street Mine of...of ALCOA in Saline County, Arkansas. The transitional alteration can be traced in morphology by scanning...highly curved elongate edges. The next phase is kaolinite, first in micrometer-size flakes followed by coarser
Report (issue)
RELATED TO THE STRATIGRAPHY IN THE KAOLIN MINING DISTRICT, AIKEN COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA Edited by Paul...southeast in Dixie Clay Company’s McNamee No. 2 kaolin pit, Langley, South Carolina Copies of this guidebook... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv South Carolina kaolin B. F. Buie and E. L. Schrader . . . . . . . . ...Branch Formation and Tobacco Road Sand in Aiken County, South Carolina ? V. A. Zullo, R. H. Willoughby...Twiggs Clay Member of Dry Branch Formation, Houston County, Georgia W. B. Harris and P. D. Fullagar. . .
Report (volume)
______________ Very high alumina and high-grade kaolin underclay____ Moderate- and low-grade underclay...Tertiary ages in Vermont, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, California...must pass certain tests. Silica in the form of kaolin minerals reduces the efficiency of bauxite used...Nichols ( 1888, p. 905) describing bauxite in Floyd County, Ga. This is usually considered to be the first...only 2.8 million tons, dry basis. Georgia and Alabama each produced about 48 percent of this total, Tennessee
Report (volume)
features_______________________ __ 15 Types of rocks that form kaolin ________________ Need of purification for mark...Distribution of kaolins in the United States_____..______ Kaolin-bearing formations__ __________________ Kaolins...Character of the pegmatites _____________ 26 Kaolin mines _______________________ Dillsboro, Jackson...Continued. Kaolins in the mountain region Continued. Kaolin mines Continued. Page. Micaville, Yancey County______-_...of the Clay Products Co_ 36 Sprucepine, Mitchell County __ 36 Sprucepine mine- ____-_ 36 Sparks mine 39
Report (volume)
Bauxite Deposits of the Margerum District Alabama GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1199-D Bauxite Deposits...Deposits of the Margerum District Alabama By HARLAN R. BERGQUIST and ELIZABETH F. OVERSTREET BAUXITE DEPOSITS...map. 3. Isopach maps and sections of bauxite and kaolin deposits in areas C, E, G, H, and I. BAUXITE...STATES BAUXITE DEPOSITS OF THE MARGERUM DISTRICT, ALABAMA By HARLAN R. BEKGQUIST and ELIZABETH F. OVERSTREET...bauxite district, in northwestern Colbert County, northwestern Alabama, is about 5 miles long and about 3 miles
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralogical characterization of the Jabal Al-Harad kaolin deposit, southern Jordan, for its possible utilization...December 2009; Editor: John Adams) AB ST R ACT : Kaolin is found in deposits of economic concentration...El-Ghoul area in southern Jordan. Ten representative kaolin samples were collected from the area and investigated...determine the chemical composition of the kaolin deposits. Kaolinite was the predominant mineral, followed...feldspar. The average chemical composition of the kaolin samples was 58.02 wt.% SiO2, 28.00% Al2O3, 1.48%
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
various methods of differentiating halloysite from kaolinite. No unique test seems to be ideal to distinguish...properties of halloysite. KEYWORDS: halloysite, kaolinite, hydration, mineralogy, clay morphology, intercalation...(1826) as a dioctahedral 1:1 clay mineral of the kaolin group. As summarized by Churchman (2000), halloysite...spacing Ê which is ~3 A Ê larger than that of kaolinite. of 10 A Because the interlayer water is weakly...variety of halloysite is similar to that of kaolinite, dickite or morphologies, the most common of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
on Cu-, Fe-exchanged hectorite 327 chlorate on kaolinite 4 Cu, Co on synthetic allophane, imogolite 300...flavomononucleotide on smectite 279 molybdate, on kaolinite 45 phosphate on allophane, imogolite 291 phosphine...montmorillonite 93 sulfate on kaolinite, ligand exchange 414 sulfate on kaolinite, mechanism, mono-, bidentate...of Molybdate Anion (MOO42-) by SodiumSaturated Kaolinite, by P. J. Phelan and S. V. Mattigod 45 AEC (see...they appear. resilication product in bauxite, Alabama Street Mine, Arkansas 139 SiO2/Al203 ratio, effect
Report (issue)
GEOLOGY AND RESOURCES OF THE ANDERSONVILLE, GEORGIA KAOLIN AND BAUXITE DISTRICT by Harland E. Gofer, Jr....Environment of the Claiborne Group ...... 55 KAOLIN AND BAUXITE DEPOSITS ..................... 60...Montmorillonite ...................... 67 Glauconite 70 Kaolin Gibbsite ........................ II Page Pyrite...Previous Concepts ........................ 77 Kaolin and Bauxite Formation .................. 79 ...CITED ........................... 92 ORIGIN OF KAOLIN AND BAUXITE RESOURCES ILLUSTRATIONS Page Plate
Report (volume)
______ Bauxite and kaolin in the Coastal Plain province._______-_____--.. Bauxite and kaolin in the Valley...Estimated reserves of bauxite, bauxitic clay, and kaolin in bauxite districts of the Southeastern United...physiographic provinces. The deposits are in Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Virginia, and Mississippi, in that...Overstreet. The bauxite deposits occur in Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Virginia, and Mississippi. Most deposits...Hilgard at a locality near Blue Mountain, Tippah County, Miss., but he did not recognize his rock to be
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CLASSIFICATION OF COASTAL PLAIN KAOLINS, SOUTHEASTERN USA, AND THE ROLE OF GROUNDWATER AND MICROBIAL ACTION...31211 Abstract-Along the inner Coastal Plain, kaolinite-metahalloysite-rich, neritic muds of Cretaceous-Eocene...matter, Fe and Mn; and 3) recrystallization of kaolinite and metahalloysite, most conspicuous where there...quality, which now sustain the world's largest kaolin production district. The earliest change was partial...formed. Gradual transformation of some sediments to kaolin rarely began and ended in the same epoch. At several
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
last four decades. According to Bish (1993) the kaolinite unit-cell contains four different OH groups. This...IR spectra of partially deuterated synthetic kaolinite, and also attributed it to uncoupled inner-surface...inner-surface OH-stretching. Deuteration of a natural kaolinite (Michaelian et al., 1987) led to similar conclusions...detected at similar frequencies in IR spectra of kaolinite/alkali halide complexes (Yariv, 1986; Michaelian...Indeed, it is considerably more intense for Keokuk kaolinite than for Mesa Alta kaolinites; moreover, its frequency
Report (issue)
Summary Page 1 Introduction Kaolinite mineralogy Classification of kaolin deposits 3 4 Resources Kaolinisation...Agricultural industries Other industries Alternatives to kaolin Technology Mining Refining Other beneficiation...Land Use 44 Demand 46 Prices 48 Production USA Brazil 48 51 52 Page Federal Republic of Germany...Crystal structure of kaolinite 4 Fig 2 ·Transmission electron micrograph of kaolinite crystals 5 Fig...Fig 3 Scanning electron micrograph of a kaolinite crystal 5 Fig 4 Distribution of the principal granite
Report (issue)
Each article was read, annotated, and indexed by county, subject, and geological age where applicable....geographic area of the subject was. greater than a county, subdivisions of the state, based upon physiographic...Published by the Academy. ALABAMA ACAD. SCI. JOUR. Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science. Published...Academy from Birmingham, Alabama. ALABAMA GEOL. SURVEY MON. Monographs of the Alabama Geological Survey. Published...Published by the Geological Survey of Alabama from Tuscaloosa, Alabama. AMER. ASSOC. PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS
 
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