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Kaolinite crystals

Kaolinite crystals under a scanning electron microscope.

Kaolinite is the principal mineral present in kaolin clays. It has a flat plate-like structure. This scanning electron microscope image of a sample of kaolinite at a magnification of 1,500 times clearly shows this.

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