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dioctahedral

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dioctahedral [‚dī‚äk·tə′hē·drəl]
(crystallography)
Pertaining to a crystal structure in which only two of the three available octahedrally coordinated positions are occupied.
(mathematics)
Having 16 faces.


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While MMT is a 2:1 phyllosilicate, rectorite has a 1:1 type of layer structure arranged regularly with an alternating dioctahedral mica layer and dioctahedral smectite layer.
The dominant clay mineral was found to be dioctahedral montmorillonite with minor amounts of illite and kaolinite.
Hectorite clay is a so-called trioctahedral clay and the silicon oxygen framework deviates less from the ideal hexagonal symmetry when compared with that of montmorillonite, which is a dioctahedral clay.
 
 
 
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