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Chief constituent of china clay
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kaolinite
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Kaolinite is a clay mineral , part of the group of industrial minerals , with the chemical composition Al Si O ( OH ). It is a layered silicate mineral , with one tetrahedral sheet of silica (SiO) linked through oxygen atoms to one octahedral sheet of alumina ...
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n. a mineral consisting of aluminum silicate; main source of kaolin
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n. (context mineralogy English) A common hydrous aluminosilicate mineral found in sediments, soils and sedimentary rocks, aluminium 2 silicon 2 oxygen 5 (hydroxide) 4 ; one of the kaolin group of minerals.
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A possible alternative to bauxite is kaolinite (aluminum silicate).