Mineralogical Study of Wuhuaite from Lueyang County, Shanxi Province
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    Wuhuaite occurring at Baishuijiang, Lueyang County, Shanxi Province, is a kind of material for stone carving.It has kaolinite as the major mineral compo- sition; and also contains small or negligible amounts of limonite,hematite, barite; alunite, gibbsite and cazbon materials. Chemical composition of kaolinite is SiO2 45.54 %,TiO2 0.05%,A1203 39.21%,Fe2O3 0.21%,Fe0 0.068%,MnO 0.016%,Ca0 0.22%,Mg0 1.33%,H2O+ 13.72%,K20 0.06% and Na2O 0.036%, totally 100.46%. Its crystallochemical formula is (Al3.985Fe(+3)0.013)3.988Si3.923O10(OH)8.Unit cell parameters: ao=5.142±0.006; bo=8.947±0.011; Co=7.363±0.009A; a=91º42´±11´; β=104º22'±11';γ=89º37±11'; V=328.007±0.503A.This paper alsb provides data of kaolinite obtained by various means such as X-ray powder diffraction, differential thermal analysis, infrared spectroscopic analysis and electron microprobe analysis, which prove it to be a kind of kaolinite with high order of degree and good crystalliuity. Formed in a specific geological environment, wuhuaite belongs to hard clay without natural plasticity and has hard, fine and smooth quality suitable for carving.Composed of clay minerals,it is a natural material for stone carving.

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张光荣,苏山立,苏昭冰,1993,陕西略阳五花石的矿物学研究[J].岩石矿物学杂志,12(1):86~91. Zhang Guangrong, Su Shanli, Su Zhaobing Shanxi Headquarters, China Geological Exploration Center for Building Material Industry, Xian Institute of Geology, National Bureau of Building Materials, Baijing ,1993,Mineralogical Study of Wuhuaite from Lueyang County, Shanxi Province[J]. Acta Petrologica et Mineralogica,12(1):86~91.

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