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A study of clay minerals by means of single-crystal electron diffraction diagrams—The structure of tubular kaolin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

Goro Honjo
Affiliation:
Japan Electron Optics Laboratory Co. Ltd., Kamirenjyaku, Mitaka, Tokyo Physics Department, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo
Norihisa Kitamura
Affiliation:
Japan Electron Optics Laboratory Co. Ltd., Kamirenjyaku, Mitaka, Tokyo Physics Department, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo
Kazuhiro Mihama
Affiliation:
Japan Electron Optics Laboratory Co. Ltd., Kamirenjyaku, Mitaka, Tokyo Physics Department, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo
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Abstract

Combined electron micrographs and electron diffraction diagrams of single crystals of hydrated kaolins from Hongkong, North Carolina and Indiana show that they have tubular crystal form, but a structure different from that of halloy-site, or of kaolinite, being two-layer triclinic, with β=83°, α=91·8°. They differ in degree of crystallinity, and show some inter-layer water.

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Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1954

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