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Kaolinite

Ex-John H. Eicher Collection; ex-David J. Eicher Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Mitchell County, North Carolina, United States of America
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 1 × 1 cm
Description

More than a dozen thumbnail specimens of kaolinite from an old collection. The dimension given is for the largest piece. The glass jar shown here has a diameter of 5.3 cm. Collected by John H. Eicher in the 1930s.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kaolinite

Formula: 
Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Strunz: 
9.ED.05
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Gaoling Mine (Kauling Mine), Gaoling village, Ehu town, Fuliang Co., Jingdezhen Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China
David J. Eicher

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