These methods improve drainage and boost plant health.

Kaolinite and chlorite clay minerals: These minerals don’t contain potassium and have low nutrient retention capacity; their importance as sources of potassium nutrient for plants, and their ...

The U.S. Interior Department is taking steps to recover above-ground critical minerals from existing and abandoned mine waste ...

Clay, an earthy composition of minerals coming from volcanic rocks, has served as a great healing agent for beauty and health. Different types of clay are used to resolve and treat skin with its ...

So one clay doesn’t do it all.” To create what’s known as a “clay body” he must mix different types of clay, minerals, to create a medium that’s workable, sturdy, and stunning when dry.

"Our prior work focused on absorption of toxic organic pollutants on clay minerals from aqueous solution, and we found that certain types of smectites have hydrophobic surfaces and can sorb ...

“The types that formed on the surface are found at very limited locations and are quite rare.” Discovery of clay minerals on Mars in 2005 indicated the planet once hosted warm, wet conditions.

H. Nômmik, FIXATION AND BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY OF AMMONIUM IN SOIL CLAY MINERALS, Ecological Bulletins, No. 33, ECOLOGICAL BULLETINS NO. 33: Terrestrial Nitrogen Cycles: Processes, Ecosystem ...