anauxite

anauxite

[ə′nȯk‚sīt]
(mineralogy)
Al2(SiO7)(OH)4 A clay mineral that is a mixture of kaolinite and quartz. Also known as ionite.
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It is a moderately pure clay that mostly consists of kaolinite and other clay minerals, including anauxite, halloysite, dickite, and nacrite.
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"Anauxite" having excess silica compared to kaolinite is not more mineral species of the 1:1 dioctahedral phyllosilicates.
and Ross, M.: 1969, Kaolinite and anauxite in the Ione Formation, California.
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