At the temperatures that copper and iron are poured, the clay gets inactivated by the heat, in that the montmorillonite is converted to illite, which is a non-expanding clay.
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The technical value of this natural stone varies considerably, because the quartz grains of Cotta Sandstone are frequentlysiliceously bonded, but it has many unevenly divided deposits of the phyllosilicates, illite and kaolinite.
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As a result, the sediment carried by the Mississippi River after the start of the Younger Dryas consisted of illite and chorite enriched sediments from the Great Lakes region that lacked any reworked nanofossils.
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Caesium binds tightly to clay minerals such as illite and montmorillonite; hence it remains in the upper layers of soil where it can be accessed by plants with shallow roots ( such as grass ).
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The different types of bentonite are each named after the respective dominant devitrified ( weathered volcanic glass ) ash-fall beds are commonly referred to as K-bentonites when the dominant clay species is illite.
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Examples of petrological methods include QFL ternary diagram, heavy mineral assemblages ( apatite-tourmaline index, garnet zircon index ), clay mineral assemblages and illite crystallinity, reworked fossils and palynomorphs, and stock magnetic properties.
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Comparing soils along a gradient towards progressively cooler or drier climates, the proportion of kaolinite decreases, while the proportion of other clay minerals such as illite ( in cooler climates ) or smectite ( in drier climates ) increases.
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The mountain is built of serpentinite, limestone and magmatic rocks, which are injected in the shape of potassic alumosilicate ( variety of the mineral illite ), it was discovered by Serbian chemist Simo Lozani who established its formula.
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Hydrothermal alteration of the central lava dome and iron-bearing deposits has generated alunite, anatase, chlorite, copper veinlets, gypsum, illite, jarosite, labradorite, quartz, rutile, sanidine, smectite, and sulfur.
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For example, caesium ( Cs ) binds tightly to clay minerals such as illite and montmorillonite, hence it remains in the upper layers of soil where it can be accessed by plants with shallow roots ( such as grass ).
