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Kaolinite: Al2Si2O5(OH)4
Comments: Authigenic kaolinite plates covering a quartz grain overgrown with authigenic quartz. SEM image of a core sample. Location: Unknown. Scale: Picture size 50 µ-m. © OMNI Laboratories, Inc
Kaolinite: Al2Si2O5(OH)4 Ammonioalunite: (NH4)Al3(SO4)2(OH)6
Comments: White chalky ammonioalunite on darker kaolinite. Location: Schoeller Mine, Kladno, Stredocesky, Czech Republic. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Kaolinite: Al2Si2O5(OH)4 Pianlinite:
Comments: Off-white colored minute pianlinite (kaolinite) fragment. Location: Pianling, China. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species