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A Study in Morphology by Electron Diffraction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

L. B. Sand*
Affiliation:
College of Mineral Industries, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
J. J. Comer
Affiliation:
College of Mineral Industries, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
*
*Present address: Department of Mineralogy, University of Utah, USA

Abstract

A stabilized halloysite-glycerol complex was studied by electron microscope and electron diffraction techniques. The basal reflection was found to be 10.7 Å by both electron diffraction and X-ray diffraction analyses. Electron micrographs of the expanded lattice (halloysite-glycerol complex) were not different from those of the collapsed lattice (halloysite). On the basis of the tubes evident in the micrographs and the fact that the basal reflection was present in the transmission electron diffraction pattern, it was established that the halloysite-glycerol complex is tubular. Since this complex has an expanded lattice 0.6 Å greater than hydrated halloysite, it is believed that hydrated halloysite (endellite) is tubular as postulated by Bates, Hildebrand and Swineford.

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Copyright © The Clay Minerals Society 1954

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