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Agriculture · Q687

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Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 687

Q687

Layer spacing of Halloysite

A.
7.2
B.
10.25
Answer
C.
10
D.
14

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Halloysite is an aluminosilicate clay mineral with its main constituents as Oxygen, Silicon, and hydrogen. It typically forms by hydrothermal alteration of alumino-silicate minerals.
Halloysite was first described in 1826 and named after the Belgian geologist Omalius d’Halloy.
Layer spacing of Halloysite is 10.25.