Mineralogical, Crystal Structure and Chemical Composition Characterization of Iraqi Natural Rich-Montmorillonite Mineral Clays
Journal: Mağallaẗ al-tarbiyaẗ wa-al-ʻilm
Year: 2012

Abstract <br /> <br /> This study provides the mineralogical and compositional characterization locally natural mineral clay deposits of Iraq and their parent and enclosing rocks. The mineral assemblage of the raw clays of these primary deposits has been determined to include disordered montmorillonite, quartz, gypsum, calcite, in addition to trace amounts of other mineral clays like feldspar and kaolinite. Such results have been investigated using powder x-ray diffraction, x-ray fluorescence, t