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Poorly Crystalline
Poorly Crystalline (Introduction to soil science · Poorly Crystalline Silicate, Oxide, and Organic Colloids) — "Poorly crystalline silicates are silicon-oxygen…
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- Poorly crystalline silicates
- They are silicon-oxygen minerals.
- They have short-range order rather than extensive repeating crystal patterns.
- They commonly form from volcanic ash.
- Examples include allophane and imogolite.
- Allophane
- Imogolite
- These minerals have sphere- or tube-shaped structures.
- They retain substantial water.
- They have significant pH-dependent charge.
- These properties contribute to the fertility of volcanic-ash soils.
