TITLE:
Environmental Distribution of Clay Minerals in North West Subiyah Area, Kuwait: Compositional Variation and Application
AUTHORS:
Ahmed M. Dakrory, Ahmad Rashed Al Rashed, Fahad A. H. Alkandari
KEYWORDS:
Subiyah, Clay Deposits, X-Ray Diffraction, Ceramic Tiles, Ecology
JOURNAL NAME:
International Journal of Geosciences,
Vol.9 No.3,
March
30,
2018
ABSTRACT: The main objective of this paper is to study the mineralogical composition
and the environmental conditions of the Subiyah clay to be used for crafting
pottery and technological behaviour that allows the evaluation of the applicability
of the clay deposits in manufacturing new ceramic products at Kuwait.
This research could help artists, crafters of potters, and ceramic manufactures
in Kuwait to depend on inland clay and this makes it easier for more production
in ceramic and pottery in the future. All this could enhance the cultural
of ceramic in teaching or producing it in Kuwaitfor the first time. For that
purpose, six stations were selected at North-eastern part (Subiyah area) of
Kuwait for clay investigation. X-ray Diffraction method (XRD) was led to
identify mineralogical composition of samples; S1, S2, S3, S4A, S4B, and S6
were quartz, Calcite (Caco3), Dolomite, Illite and Clinochlore. Whereas;
Quartz, Calcite Dolomite, Palygorskite, Nontronite and Clinochlore were recorded
at S5 and S7. Clay mineralogical and environmental studies at our
study area proved that, crafter can depend on Subiyah clay better than importing
it from abroad.