I do, if the question still stands. Only 2-5 kg of the stuff though.
i have a deposit of illite smectite . an am currently grinding it in small quantities. You can contact me at bellablueearth@yahoo.com
The red color comes from the large amounts of Iron Oxide (or rust) in the clay. Clay is generally made up of groups of minerals that include the kaolin, smectite, illite, and chlorite groups. Also see the related link.
Clays are phyllosilicates and are formed by the gradual errosion of certain rock formations (mainly mainly containing silicates) by low concentrations of carbonic acid and other solvents. There are three main groups of clays: kaolinite, montmorillonite-smectite, and illite.
Illite is a clay mineral that typically has a fine-grained texture. It has a pale color, usually ranging from white to light gray, but can also be yellow or greenish. Illite has a layered structure with a sheet-like appearance, composed of individual crystalline plates. It exhibits a relatively low plasticity, meaning it does not easily mold or deform. Illite is known to have good water-holding capacity, making it useful for retaining moisture in soil.
coals minerals illite clay, pyrite, quartz, and calcite.
coals minerals illite clay, pyrite, quartz, and calcite.
Slate is mainly composed of the minerals quartz and muscovite or illite
Green Illite clay can be purchased from www.mudderearth.net. You can also purchase it in EBay.
Many types of mica are known: biotite, lepidolite, muscovite, phlogopite, zinnwaldite, clintonite, illite, phengite.
# Quarts # Feldspar # Mica # Pyroxine # Olivine # Amphibole # Calcite # Clay (eg Illite) # Garnet
Clay is the general name given to a variety of minerals that are hydrated aluminum phyllosilicates including illite, kaolinite and montmorillonite.
Gary Skipp has written: 'X-ray diffraction studies of the <2-[mu]m fraction from the upper part of the Brushy Basin Member of the upper Jurassic Morrison Formation and the lower Cretaceous Burro Canyon Formation in the Four Corners area, Colorado' -- subject(s): Clay minerals, Composition, Diffraction, Formations (Geology), Geology, Geology, Stratigraphic, Illite, Sediments (Geology), Smectite, Stratigraphic Geology, X-rays 'Improved density gradient separation techniques using sodium polytungstate and a comparison to the use of other heavy liquids' -- subject(s): Centrifugation, Density gradient, Density gradient Centrifugation, Sedimentation analysis, Separation (Technology)