Explore: Phyllosilicates

classification is 09.E. All phyllosilicate minerals are hydrated, with either water or hydroxyl groups attached. Many phyllosilicates are clay-forming and may

Clay minerals are hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates (e.g. kaolin, Al2Si2O5(OH)4), sometimes with variable amounts of iron, magnesium, alkali metals, alkaline

whereas double-chain silicates have two or three shared corners. Phyllosilicates Have a sheet structure which requires three shared oxygens; in the

a yellow, greenish, or reddish-brown member of the mica family of phyllosilicates. It is also known as magnesium mica. Phlogopite is the magnesium endmember

Vermiculite is a hydrous phyllosilicate mineral which undergoes significant expansion when heated. Exfoliation occurs when the mineral is heated sufficiently;

is a soft, fibrous silicate mineral in the serpentine subgroup of phyllosilicates; as such, it is distinct from other asbestiform minerals in the amphibole

subgroup (part of the kaolinite-serpentine group in the category of phyllosilicates) are greenish, brownish, or spotted minerals commonly found in serpentinite

monoclinic crystals show micaceous cleavage, a distinguished property of phyllosilicates, and fuse with difficulty. Serpentinite rocks that consist of mostly

into knobs of iron/magnesium phyllosilicates during the Amazonian. Sediments filled the empty plain, leaving the phyllosilicate knobs as protrusions through

Montmorillonite is a very soft phyllosilicate group of minerals that form when they precipitate from water solution as microscopic crystals, known as clay