Geophagy is the practice of deliberate consumption of soil and clay deposits by humans, birds and other animals in the wild. It is closely related to pica, a classified eating disorder characterized by abnormal cravings for nonfood items. The focus of this work is to determine the compositional characteristics of the geophagic clays consumed around Asaba, Benin, Ibadan and AramokoEkiti areas ...
To this end, clays at five loions from five towns in Ekiti State, in South Western Nigeria were chosen for studies. II. MATERIALS AND METHOD MATERIALS Materials used were clays obtained from Ado, Ikere, Isan, Ire and Ilawe all in Ekiti state, in South Western Nigeria. Other facilities used include jaw crusher, oven/furnace, weighing ...
Mineralogy, physiochemical characteristics and industrial potential of some residual clay deposits within Ekiti State, Southwestern Nigeria, International journal of earth sciences, 14(7); 7088. [30]Braide, S. P., Huff, (1986). Clay mineral variation in Tertiary sediments from the eastern flank of the Niger Delta. Clay Mineral, 21; 211 224. [31]Olaonipekun O., GeorgesIvo E., John O ...
The clay deposits in Cross Rivers State have been evaluated and found potentially suitable for the manufacture of bricks, refractories, tiles and pottery [13] [14] [15]. Also, tests on clay deposits in Onibode, Ijopo in Ogun State and AreEkiti State revealed that their properties compare favorably with imported refractories . The ...
ABSRACT [ Total Page(s): 1 ] ABSTRACTThis study considered the mineralogical, elemental composition in form oxides and engineering properties such as particle size, specific gravity, bulk density; water content and atterberg limits of two kaolin deposits in Kpankorogi in Edu Local Government of Kwara State and in IjeroEkiti in IjeroEkiti Local Government Area, Ekiti is with a ...
Dec 20, 2019· There are five natural mineral deposits found in commercial quantities in Ekiti state and they include Feldspar, Granite, Kaolin, Syenite Tatium. 15. Mineral Resources Found inEnugustate There have been four natural resources found inEnugustate and they are Coal, Lead/Zinc Limestone.
Thermoluminescent (TL) characteristics of clay samples from IjeroEkiti and IsanEkiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria were studied for appliion in retrospective dosimetry. In order to increase the potentials of the clay material for relevant radiation measurement appliions, characteristic glow curves of samples from the clay deposits have been obtained using a Victoreen (2800M) TL reader and the ...
Within EkitiState there are numerous clay deposits aside fireclays. But residual clay and fireclays are found within the Ijero Local government areas mainly. Noteably, they could be industrially used for furnance bricks, sanitary and dinner wares production specificially (Doyle, 1979). Since the clay deposits are mainly Kaolinitic in nature when examined. They could be also processed for ...
Characterization and Qualitative Analysis of Some Nigerian Clay Deposits for Rafractory Appliions 1, Folorunso, 3 ... The clays were those from Iseyin in Oyo State, Ipetumodu in Osun State, Ifon in Ondo State, IgbaraOdo and Isan in Ekiti State. % purity oxalic acid obtained from SMM Instruments, South Africa was also used in the leaching of the clays. The analyses were carried ...
· Omotoyinbo and Oluwole (2008) examined the working properties of some clay deposits in Ekiti State, Nigeria, specifically Ara, Isan, and Awo clays and concluded that Ara clay is most suitable for production of crucibles, and furnace lining for nonferrous .
1Department of Chemistry, Ekiti State University, Nigeria 2Department of Industrial Chemistry, ... often occur as deposits in many parts of the world [1]. They are found in nature either as large or small deposit covering of the earth surface. They form a major part of soils in which plants grow and they are the primary raw materials in various industrial products such as adsorbents, cosmetics ...
Rivers State, Nigeria Abstract Clays and clay pots samples from two Southern Nigeria communities, ... and % for AraEkiti clay (AER), KonoBoue clay (KBR), AraEkiti clay pot (AEP) and KonoBoue clay pot (KBP) respectively. The percentages of silt, clay and sand were, and % for AER;, and % for KBR;, and % for AEP and, and 80 ...
Clay sample were collected from four major loion in Ekiti State (i) Ara Ijero Ekiti (sample B) where the clay is used in pots (ii) Ire Ekiti (sample B)making where the clay is predominantly used for block making and consequently a fancy block factory was sited at the loion, and (iii) Orin Ekiti(sample C) where we have red clay deposit ...
Ekiti State is naturally endowed with numerous natural resources and potentially rich in rocks and mineral deposits including granite, kaolin, columbite, charnockite, ironore, barite, aquamarine, gemstone and bauxite to mention a few (Kashim, 2011; Malomo, 2011). Weathering that represents the chemical and physical processes that change the characteristic of rocks on the earth's surface is ...
· It occurs naturally as a type of clay. Kaolin Clay found in Ekiti state has a lot of health benefits. Some of them include treatment of Diarrhea, relieving soreness, swelling inside the mouth, and in treating cholera. Kaolin clay is a mixture that majorly consists of the mineral Kaolinite and various amounts of feldspar, quartz, anatase and muscovite. In agriculture, Kaolin is used extensively ...
Limestone Deposits In Ekiti State. Nigerian states and their mineral 24, 2011 at 135 states and their mineral river state limestone uranium manganese lignite leadzinc. state marble lignite clay limestone iron ore gypsium glasssand gold dolomite phosphate state kaolin.
Mineralogy, Physicochemical Characteristics and Industrial Potential of Some Residual Clay Deposits within Ekiti State, Southwestern Nigeria September 2014 Authors:
