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Download Solution PDFClay minerals in soils are produced due to ___________ type of weathering.
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Clay Minerals
- Clay minerals and oxide minerals (including quartz) are the most common byproducts of chemical weathering.
- Clay minerals are an important group of minerals because they are among the most common products of chemical weathering, and thus are the main constituents of the fine-grained sedimentary rocks called mudrocks (including mudstones, claystones, and shales).
- Clay minerals make up about 40% of the minerals in sedimentary rocks. In addition, clay minerals are the main constituent of soils.
- Clay minerals are used extensively in the ceramics industry and are thus important economic minerals.
Based on their structures and chemical compositions, the clay minerals can be divided into three main classes:
- Kaolinite minerals
- Illite minerals
- Montmorillonite minerals
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