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Si
Al
Si
Si
Potassium ion
K
Al
Si
Si
Al
0.96 nm
Brucite
Si
Si
K
Si
1.4 nm
Si
Al
Gibbsite
or brucite
Brucite
Si
Si
Si
Schematic diagram of illite
Schematic diagram of chlorite
Figure 7.5.
Schematic diagram of the structure of illite and chlorite molecule (Holtz and Kovacs, 1981,
reproduced with permission of Pearson Education).
Table 7.1.
Schematic structures of the common clay minerals. (Adapted
from Lambe and Whitman 1981).
