Is kaolinite a renewable resource??

Question

As we know kaolinite is a clay....Clay come from from soil and soil are renewable....(actually I think kaolinite arent a renewable resource)

I just want some actual fact on this matter..

Is Kaolinite a renewable resource or non-renewable resource and please tell me why...^_^ thx a lot

Answer 1

It is difficult to understand why soil is to be considered as a renewable resource. Soil that is transported away to its basin of accumulation by one of the several natural agents may eventually form a sedimentary rock. That rock may again weather to form clay. But it is a long process and there are several chance factors. It should not be considered as a renewable resource.
In agriculture, soil is sometimes considered a renewable resource for a different reason altogether. The soil that loses its nutrients due to prolonged cultivation may recoup most of them through natural process, if left undisturbed for a few seasons.
Kaolinite is a group of clay minerals (includes kaolinite, dickite and nacrite) produced by destruction of alkali feldspar under acidic conditions. Once an alk. feldspar changes to kaolinite, the change is permanent and the process is never reversible. So there is no way kaolinite can be considered renewable. Theoretically, it is possible for this kaolinite to reach a subduction zone and get molten completely and become part of another magma which would erupt somewhere else, cool, crystallise and form an alkali feldapar again. But the possibility is so remote that it should not be considered as a renewable resource.

Answer 2

It is a soft, earthy, usually white mineral (dioctahedral phyllosilicate clay), produced by the chemical weathering of aluminium silicate minerals like feldspar. In many parts of the world, it is colored pink-orange-red by iron oxide, giving it a distinct rust hue. Lighter concentrations yield white, yellow or light orange colours.

I feel Kaolin is renewable since it is formed as a result of decomposition. That can't be it's final state so it will be possible to under further natural/organic reactions to produce other compounds.