Worldwide halloysite deposits, production and market developments

By IM Staff
Published: Saturday, 24 January 2015

Halloysite’s main application in ceramics is a traditional market, but new research into high-tech industries such as nanotubes will require scarcer, higher purity material. Ian Wilson* examines some of the main deposits around the world and discusses new opportunities.

By Ian Wilson

Halloysite is a 1:1 aluminosilicate clay mineral with formula Al₂Si₂O₅ (OH)₄. It was named in 1826 after Belgian geologist Jean Baptiste Julien d’Omalius d’Halloy, from an occurrence of the mineral discovered near Liége in Belgium.

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