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Variability in “crystallinity” Values among the Kaolin Deposits of the Coastal Plain of Georgia and South Carolina

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

David N. Hinckley
David N. Hinckley*
Affiliation:
AC Spark Plug Division, General Motors Corp., Flint, Michigan, USA
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Abstract

Quantitative measurement of the relative degree of crystal perfection among 144 samples of Coastal Plain kaolin shows that the deposits are nonhomogeneous with respect to crystallinity and that the hard and soft types can be distinguished at the 0.95 probability level by an analysis of variance. The nonhomogeneity of the deposits and the distinction between the hard and soft types agrees with the results obtained for other properties not reported here. Although on the basis of pulverizing ease there may be a single population with hard and soft end members, in terms of origin the evidence indicates the existence of two distinct clay populations.

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General Session
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Clays and Clay Minerals (National Conference on Clays and Clay Minerals) , Volume 11 , February 1962 , pp. 229 - 235
Copyright
Copyright © The Clay Minerals Society 1962

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