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CIV324 Chapter 2 Soil Particles M. Ghafghazi
Quartz sand sample from Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado
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Feldspar grains (red and yellow) Coronation Gulf, Nuna!ut "idt# of !iew $% mm Sour&e'
sandatlasorg
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us&o!ite mi&a grains
iogeni& sand from ermuda "idt# of !iew is *+ mm Sour&e' sandatlasorg
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aolinite plates &o!ering a -uartz grain Sour&e' .N/ 0a1oratories
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/llite Sour&e' .N/ 0a1oratories
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ontmorillonite &o!ering -uartz grains Sour&e' .N/ 0a1oratories
Figure +2 (3oltz et al te4t1ook) 5ypi&al &oarse grained parti&le s#apes