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Smectite 1 - dioctahedral
Biotite granite, beneath laterite, Rawang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Smectite on K-feldspar surface, appearing to have formed in, and part filled, a confined space.
Field of view approx. 26 microns wide
Photo courtesy of Zainuddin Yusoff, School of Geosciences, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland
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