• journal_title：Clay Minerals
• Contributor：F. L. Theiss ; G. A. Ayoko ; R. L. Frost
• Publisher：Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland
• Date：2013-03-01
• Format：text/html
• Language：en
• Identifier：10.1180/claymin.2013.048.4.10
• journal_abbrev：Clay Minerals
• issn：0009-8558
• volume：48
• issue：1
• firstpage：143
• section：Review

Stichtite is a naturally occurring layered double hydroxide (LDH) with the ideal chemical formula Mg₆Cr₂CO₃(OH)₁₆·4H₂O. It has received less attention in the literature than other LDHs and is often described as a rare mineral; however, abundant deposits of the mineral do exist. In this article we aim to review a number of significant publications concerning the mineral stichtite, including papers covering the discovery, geological origin, synthesis and characterizsation of stichtite. Characterization techniques reviewed include powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), infrared spectroscopy (IR), near infrared spectroscopy (NIR), Raman spectroscopy (Raman), thermogravimetry (TG) and electron microprobe analysis.