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clay mineral definition

clay mineral

any of a group of minerals, mainly hydrous aluminum silicates, occurring in very tiny crystals that readily adsorb water

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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