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Soil Mineralogy and Consistence

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Building Blocks of Clay<br />

‣ Silica Tetrahedron-four sides, four oxygen<br />

molecules <strong>and</strong> one silica (Si +4 )<br />

‣ Aluminum Octahedron-eight eight sides, six<br />

oxygen molecules <strong>and</strong> one Al +3<br />

‣ These are bound together by shared<br />

oxygen molecules into different layers

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