The morphology and fabric of kaolin weathered from a non-feldspathic mica-phyllite in Znojmo, Moravia, are illustrated in scanning electron micrographs. In contrast to accordion-like kaolinite books, or elongate halloysite(?) crystals, commonly developed from feldspar, the kaolinite from the mica-phyllite tends to be individually platy, with highly irregular edges resulting from multiple adjacent crystal comers and re-entrants. Irregular or impaired crystal growth of kaolinite from mica may be due to ‘poisoning’ of kaolinite crystals by vanadium that is common in mica.