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.

"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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