Images of Clay http://www.minersoc.org/pages/gallery/claypix/
A joint initiative of the Clay Minerals Society and The
Clay Minerals Group
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This archive of 'Images of Clay' is an ongoing project of the MinSoc's Clay Minerals
Group and the Clay Minerals Society (USA). The idea behind this project is to build a
collection of high quality images that are freely available to all to download for nonprofit
purposes, such as the teaching of clay mineralogy. Suitable images include
electron micrographs of clay minerals, or indeed any image associated with the study
of clay mineralogy.
Index to Images of Clay
Click on image or caption to see a larger version with further details - including scale, origin of sample etc., and
a link to a full-sized .jpg file
Alunite
Chlorite 1
Fe rich
Chlorite 2
Fe rich
Chlorite 3
Fe rich
Chlorite
Fe-Al rich
Chlorite
Fe-Al rich,
vermiform
Chlorite
Mg rich
Corrensite Dickite Gibbsite
Glauconite Halloysite
on K feldspar
Halloysite
on mica
Halloysite
tubular Halloysite
spheroidal
Halloysite
hollow tubes
Halloysite
cryo-image
Hematite Illite
platy
Illite
fibrous
Illite
laths
Kaolinite 1 Kaolinite 2 Kaolinite
vermiform
Mordenite
Mordenite Mordenite Nacrite Nontronite
Opal-A
Sepiolite Smectite 1
dioctahedral
Smectite 2
dioctahedral
Smectite
soil
Smectite
soil (stereo)
Smectite,
Montmorillonite
1
Smectite,
Montmorillonite
2
Smectite,
Montmorillonite
3
Talc
Fe-rich
Tosudite
Anyone wishing to contribute images to this archive should e-mail them to Steve
Hillier, at S.Hillier@macaulay.ac.uk or Ray Ferrell at rferrell@lsu.edu . Please also
download and complete the copyright form (.pdf format) and send a hard copy, by
post, to:
Dr Steve Hillier, Environmental Science Group, Macaulay Institute, Craigiebuckler,
Aberdeen, AB15 8QH. Scotland.
Alunite From Turplu Mine, Balikesir, Turkey
Rhombohedral structure of alunites displaying casts of step growth features
Field of view approx. 52.0 microns wide
Photo courtesy Ömer Işik Ece, Istanbul Technical University
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Chlorite 1 - Fe-rich chlorite, Spiro Sandstone, Arkoma Basin, Oklahoma, USA
Field of view approx. 8 microns wide
(Photo courtesy of M. Roe, Macaulay Institute. Sample 'Chlo-28', Macaulay Colln.,
sample obtained from Christoph Spötl)
Chlorite 2 Fe-rich chlorite from alpine fissure collected within the
Mt Blanc massif near Chamonix, France
Field of view approx. 250 microns wide
Photo courtesy Michal Skiba, Institute of Geological Sciences, Jagiellonian
University, Kraków
Chlorite 3 Fe-rich chlorite from alpine fissure collected within the
Mt Blanc massif near Chamonix, France
Field of view approx. 70 microns wide
Photo courtesy Michal Skiba, Institute of Geological Sciences, Jagiellonian
University, Kraków
Chlorite Fe and Al rich chlorite from Strzegom pegmatite (Poland).
Local name for this mineral is strzegomite
Field of view approx. 180 microns wide Photo courtesy Michal Skiba, Institute of
Geological Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Kraków
Chlorite Fe-Al rich, vermiform Fe and Al rich chlorite from Strzegom pegmatite
(Poland).
Local name for this mineral is strzegomite
Field of view approx. 315 microns wide
Photo courtesy Michal Skiba, Institute of Geological Sciences, Jagiellonian University,
Kraków
Chlorite - Mg-rich chlorite, Rotliegend, Northern Germany
Field of view approx. 23 microns wide
(Photo courtesy of M. Roe, Macaulay Institute. Sample 'Chlo-30', Macaulay Colln.)
Corrensite Permian, Yates Formation, Texas
Field of view approx. 42 microns wide
(Photo courtesy of M. Roe, Macaulay Institute. Sample 'Y2', Macaulay Colln.)