How to Use clay mineral in a Sentence

clay mineral

noun

• These clay minerals only form in the presence of liquid water.
  — Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 3 Aug. 2026
• The clay minerals were blended with graphene — a highly conductive, ultra-thin form of carbon.
  — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 June 2026
• The rubble could then come together, forming Neptune's inner moons, with the clay minerals exposed on their surfaces.
  — Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 3 Aug. 2026
• Another possibility is that these clay minerals came from a dwarf planet similar in size to Pluto that passed too close to Neptune.
  — Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 3 Aug. 2026
• Analyses of these samples have identified clay minerals atop ridge tops and carbonate deposits in the hollows — chemical clues that shed light on the environmental conditions when these rocks formed.
  — Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 27 Feb. 2026
• Researchers at Kumamoto University in Japan have developed a solid electrolyte material derived from abundant natural clay minerals.
  — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
• Curiosity drilled the clay mineral-containing sandstone sample in 2020, pulverized it and placed it within the SAM, or Sample Analysis at Mars, instrument, located in the rover’s belly.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026