The Makoro kaolin deposit, southeastern Botswana: Its genesis and possible industrial applications

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 16, Issue 5-6, 2000, Pages 301-320

  Ekosse, Georges ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Ceramics; Genesis; Kaolin; Kaolinite; Mineralogy; Petrography

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FELDSPAR; MINERALOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PETROGRAPHY; QUARTZ; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

HINCKLEY'S CRYSTALLINITY INDEX (HI); KAOLINITE;

KAOLIN;

CLAY; INDUSTRIAL MINERAL; KAOLIN; PETROGENESIS;

BOTSWANA;

EID: 0034127260     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-1317(99)00059-9     Document Type: Article

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