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Kaolinite or Kaolin is a clay is in a group with the chemical composition Al 2 Si 2 O 5 4. It is a layered silicate mineral, with one tetredral sheet linked through oxygen atoms to one octedral sheet of alumina. Rocks that are rich in kaolinite are known as kaolin or china clay.. The name is after KaoLing, a village near Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China.