CLAY FAMILY

CHINA CLAY (KAOLIN) Kaolin or china clay is a natural mineral found in partly decompo-sed granite, an igneous feldsparic rock. Chemically, kaolin is a hydrated aluminium silicate containing Al2O3.2SiO2.2H2O. Kaolin was first discovered in the mountainous province of Kiangsi, China in A.D. 500. The word "kaolin" derives from the Chinese character 'kao lin' which means high ridge. It was first used by the Chinese to make high quality porcelain. FORM & APPLICATIONS: Powder/Lump s- Paint extenders, filler in paper, ceramic glazing and engobing, Vitrified tiles manufacture Powder/Lumps - Ceramic glazing and engobing. Filler in fiber glass. Powder/Powder cum granules/lumps - Ceramic body composition Powder Ceramic glazing. Pesticide formulation. Paper Paint.

SILICA SAND The chemical compound silica, also known as silicon dioxide, is the oxide of silicon, chemical formula SiO2. Siliceous is an adjective meaning "referring to silica". Silica is found in nature in several forms, including quartz and opal. In fact, it has 17 crystalline forms. The most common constituent of sand in inland continental settings and non-tropical coastal settings is silica, usually in the form of quartz because the considerable hardness of this mineral resists erosion. However, the composition of sand varies according to local rock sources and conditions. FORM & APPLICATIONS : Powder Cements . Paints

WHITE BENTONITE Bentonite is an absorbent aluminium phyllosilicate generally impure clay consisting mostly of montmorillonite, (Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2(H2O)n. The absorbent clay was given the name bentonite by an American geologist sometime after its discovery in about 1890 - after the Benton Formation (a geological stratum, at one time Fort Benton) in eastern Wyoming's Rock Creek area. Other modern discoveries include Montmorillonite discovered in 1847 in Montmorillon in the Vienne prefecture of France, in Poitou-Charentes, South of the Loire Valley and Pascalite discovered in about 1830 by French-Canadian fur trapper Emile Pascal atop the 8600-foot high Big Horn Mountains in Wyoming, USA. FORM & APPLICATIONS : Powder & Lumps Oil well drilling. Ceramic body compositions

PYROPHYLLITE
Pyrophyllite is a phyllosilicate mineral species belonging to the clay family and composed of aluminium silicate hydroxide: AlSi2O5OH. Pyrophyllite occurs in phyllite and schistose rocks, often associated with kyanite, of which it is an alteration product. Pale green foliated masses, very like talc in appearance, are found at Beresovsk near Ekaterinburg in the Urals, and at Zermatt in Switzerland. FORM & APPLICATIONS: Powder Fiber Glass

DOLOMITE Dolomite is the name of both a carbonate rock and a mineral consisting of calcium magnesium carbonate (CaMg(CO3)2) found in crystals. Dolomite rock (also dolostone) is composed predominantly of the mineral dolomite. Dolomite was first described in 1791 as the rock by the French naturalist and geologist, Dodat Gratet de Dolomieu (1750-1801) for exposures in the Dolomite Alps of northern Italy. FORM & APPLICATIONS : Powder - Paints. Ceramic. Rubber.

CALCITE

The carbonate mineral calcite is a calcium carbonate corresponding to the formula CaCO3 and is one of the most widely distributed minerals on the Earth's surface.
Calcite crystals are hexagonal-rhombohedral, though actual calcite rhombohedrons are rare as natural crystals. However, they show a remarkable variety of habit including acute to obtuse rhombohedrons, tabular forms, prisms, or various scalenohedrons. FORM & APPLICATIONS :

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TALC

Talc is a metamorphic mineral resulting from the metamorphism of magnesian minerals such as pyroxene, amphibole, olivine and other similar minerals in the presence of carbon dioxide and water. This is known as talc carbonation and produces a suite of rocks known as talc carbonates.
It occurs as foliated to fibrous masses, its monoclinic crystals being so rare as to be almost unknown. It has a perfect basal cleavage, and the folia are non-elastic, although slightly flexible. It is sectile and very soft, with a hardness of 1 (Talc is the softest of the Mohs' scale of mineral hardness). It has a specific gravity of 2.52.8, a waxlike or pearly luster, and is translucent to opaque. FORM & APPLICATIONS: Powder Paints . Plastic. Paper. Rubber. Ceramics.