Mineral: Kaolinite

Notes

The most fundamental clay mineral. It is weathered from rock and deposited in layers and lenses in nearby valleys. Kaolin (also called China Clay) is a pure clay mineral crystal of one part alumina and two parts silica. Most other clay minerals are derivatives of kaolin. Kaolin particles are flat and comparatively the largest of all clay minerals. They have a surface chemistry that gives them an affinity for water. The attached water both 'glues' particles together and acts as a 'buffer' to lubricate particle-against-particle movement in the plastic matrix.

Kaolins are whiter and cleaner than other clays because they are mined near the site where they were weathered and altered from the parent rock. Kaolin ore is mixed with other rocks and impurities which have to be separated using various wet and dry processing methods.

Out Bound Links

• (URLs) Kaolinite on WikiPedia
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaolinite
• (Typecodes) 14: CLM - Clay Minerals
• (URLs) One of a number of micrographs of kaolinite at minersoc.org
  http://www.minersoc.org/pages/gallery/claypix/kaol...
• (URLs) Kaolinite mineralogy
  http://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/pdfs/Kaolinite...

In Bound Links

• (Materials) Clay 215

  Kil 215

• (Materials) Clay 216

  Kil 216

• (Materials) Clay 246
• (Materials) Clay 220

  Kil 220

• (Materials) Clay 220

  Kil 220

• (Materials) Clay 222

  Kil 222

• (Materials) Clay 232

  Kil 232

• (Materials) Clay 233

  Kil 233

• (Materials) Clay 244

  Kil 244

• (Materials) Clay 261
• (Materials) Feldspar 632

  Feldspat 632

• (Materials) Feldspar 635

  Feldspat 635

• (Materials) Feldspar 645

  Feldspat 645

• (Materials) Feldspar 661

  Feldspat 661

• (Materials) Kaolin 111

  Kaolen 111

• (Materials) Kaolin 113

  Kaolen 113

• (Materials) Kaolin 114

  Kaolen 114

• (Materials) Kaolin 115

  Kaolen 115

• (Materials) Kaolin 143

  Kaolen 143

• (Materials) EP Kaolin - Plastic White Firing Kaolin

  EPK, Edgar Plastic Kaolin, EPK Kaolin

• (Materials) Ryolite S1

  Riolite S1

• (Materials) Prestige AK - Ball clay

  Prestige Ball Clay

• (Materials) B Clay - Buff Firing Stoneware Clay

  3B, PR#3 B

• (Materials) Sterling Kaolin
• (Materials) Topaz Kaolin - No longer available, was made by ECCI
• (Materials) Super Standard Porcelain - White burning high strength Cornish kaolin

  Super Standard Porcelain Kaolin

• (Materials) Standard Porcelain Kaolin - A white burning high strength Cornish kaolin

  English Standard Porcelain, Eng Stn Porc, Standard Porcelain China Clay

• (Materials) Sovereign Kaolin - English Kaolin
• (Materials) Grolleg Kaolin - Fine White Burning English Kaolin, English China Clay

  Grolleg China Clay

• (Materials) Treviscoe Kaolin - A white burning high strength Cornish kaolin

  Treviscoe China Clay

• (Materials) NSC Kaolin
• (Materials) Remblend Kaolin - Englsih Kaolin
• (Materials) Kernick Kaolin - English kaolin
• (Materials) LPC Kaolin

  Ceraclay LPC

• (Materials) WTD Kaolin

  Ceraclay WTD

• (Materials) Calcined Topaz Kaolin
• (Minerals - Related) Allophane

  A clay mineral similar to kaolinite.

• (Minerals - Related) Dickite

  A clay mineral with the same composition as kaolin...

• (Materials - Parent mineral) Kaolin - Al2O3.2SiO2 or Al2Si2O5(OH)4 - Hydrated alumina silicate, Pure clay mineral

  China Clay

• (Materials - Contained) Kaolin 233