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Clay minerals are hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates (e.g. kaolin, Al2Si2O5(OH)4), sometimes with variable amounts of iron, magnesium, alkali metals, alkaline earths, and other cations found on or near some planetary surfaces.
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| potassium | instance of | including its capacity to retain nutrient cations | 0.80 | text |
| ammonium | instance of | including its capacity to retain nutrient cations | 0.80 | text |
| is important to soil fertility.Because the individual particles in clay are less than 4 micrometers | instance of | including its capacity to retain nutrient cations | 0.80 | text |
| Mössbauer spectroscopy | instance of | various spectroscopic methods | 0.80 | text |
| infrared spectroscopy | instance of | various spectroscopic methods | 0.80 | text |
| Raman spectroscopy | instance of | various spectroscopic methods | 0.80 | text |
| and SEM-EDS or automated mineralogy processes | instance of | various spectroscopic methods | 0.80 | text |
| shale | instance of | in fine-grained sedimentary rocks | 0.80 | text |
| mudstone | instance of | in fine-grained sedimentary rocks | 0.80 | text |
| and siltstone | instance of | in fine-grained sedimentary rocks | 0.80 | text |
| in fine-grained metamorphic slate | instance of | in fine-grained sedimentary rocks | 0.80 | text |
| phyllite.Given the requirement of water | instance of | in fine-grained sedimentary rocks | 0.80 | text |
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