“…Although these last species have not been detected by XRD due to their low concentration or crystallinity, they are frequently found in natural clay. When the clay is calcined at 850 • C the absorption intensities associated with the sepiolite structure decrease, whereas new bands corresponding to the clinoenstatite structure (MgSiO 3 ) appear at 425, 513, 665, 733, 965, 1080 and 1429 cm −1 [23].…”