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Clay Mineralogy Resources at the University of Georgia
Lecture Notes for Clay Mineralogy University of Georgia, Prepared by Paul Schoeder

Lecture #1 What is a clay
Lecture #2 Crystal Chemistry
Lecture #3 X-ray Diffraction Analyses
Lecture #4 X-ray Diffraction Principles
Lecture #5 Treatment of X-ray Diffraction Data
Lecture #6 Classification of Hydrous Layered Silicates
Lecture #7 Classification of Hydrous Layered Silicates 1:1 structures
Lecture #8 Classification of Hydrous Layered Silicates 2:1 structures
Lecture #9 Classification of Hydrous Layered Silicates 2:1 structures continued
Lecture #10 Classification of Hydrous Layered Silicates 2:1 with interlayer charge of 0.6 < X < 0.9
Lecture #11 XRD identification of discrete clay minerals
Lecture #12 XRD identification of discrete clay minerals continued
Lecture #13 XRD identification of mixed-layered clay minerals
Lecture #14 XRD identification of mixed-layered clay minerals continued
Lecture #15 XRD Quantification of clay minerals
Lecture #16 XRD Quantification of clay minerals - Internal Standard Method
Lecture #17 Geochemistry of Clay Minerals
Lecture #18 Geochemistry of Clay Minerals - Determination of activity coefficients
Lecture #19 Geochemistry of Clay Minerals - Equilibrium Adsorption and Ion Exchange
Lecture #19b Geochemistry of Clay Minerals - Adsorption Isotherms
Lecture #22 Chemical weathering and clay mineral formation
Lecture #23 Chemical weathering and clay mineral formation continued
Lecture #24 Electron-Optical methods in clay science
Lecture #25 The Reciprocal lattice
Lecture #26 Electron-Optical methods in clay science continued

Soils 101: Study Guide and Lab Manual Pennsylvania State University, Dept. of Agronomy
Soil Science Brigham Young University, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture

Southern Cooperative Series Bulletin #388 Mineralogy & Charge Properties of Readily-Dispersible Colloidal Fractions form Selected Soils and Sediments
Glossary of Soil Science Terms Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)

Glossary of Geologic Terms
Geology of .... (Geology of Selected Places)

Milwaukee Public Museum K-12 Education Page
Explorer A Collection of Educational Resources for K-12 Mathematics and Science Education
The Virtual Geosciences Professor John Butler Site - All sorts of stuff here
Iowa State University The World of Scanning Electron Microscopy

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Understanding Earthquakes University of California, Santa Barbara.
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The Canadian Rockhound Canada's Internet Magazine for Rockhounds
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The Microbe Zoo Digital Learning Center for Microbial Ecology
MINDAT.ORG Mineralogical Reference Source on the Internet
MineralCollecting.ORG J. Adam's Mineral Page
Atlas of Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks, Minerals, & Textures Great Photos of minerals in thin section!