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   • Introduction to Soil  part 1  
   • Introduction to Soil part 2  
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My first clay video:    • What is Clay & Where / How Clay Forms...  

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0:00 Where & how clay forms
1:49 Factors controlling clay composition
3:09 Clays that form by silicate weathering
7:15 Mineral structure of phyllosilicate clays
10:01 Structural classification of clays
12:45 Clays on Mars
13:35 Mineral structure of oxide clays
16:17 Chemistry of oxide formation
21:26 Clay classifications & compositions
25:02 Related videos & references

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