Images of Clay

A joint initiative of the Clay Minerals Society and The Clay Minerals Group

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 non-profit 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.

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