Talk:Clay minerals

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Is it possible to add a section to Xray diffraction methods on clay minerals? I am still doing research on it and couldn't help.

It does sound a good idea - there are methods used for XRD for clays that are not needed for other minerals. I'll look it up and see what I can do, but IIRC the basic issue is that for powders you concentrate on the interlayer spacing that gives a strong low theta peak and use this for identification. Andreww 21:33, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] added information on nontronite

Hi fellow clay people. I've added a bit on the smectite (hydrous phyllosilicate) nontronite.