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The constitution of some Egyptian clays

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

G. M. Gad
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London
L. R. Barrett
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London

Extract

The Egyptian clays under consideration are obtained from two different localities. The Aswan clays are mainly concentrated in the neighbourhood of Aswan town in Upper Egypt and the Sinai kaolins from the Sinai Peninsula. The Aswan clays, namely: red Aswan clay, white Aswan clay, and siliceous Aswan clay, are transported clays, while Aswan kaolin is a residual clay. The Sinai kaolins are of obscure origin but most probably are transported clays. As is shown later, these are alunite-bearing clays not previously recorded in Egypt.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1949

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