Editing Dickite (section)

==History==
In 1888, Allan Brugh Dick (1833–1926), a Scottish [[metallurgy|metallurgical]] chemist, was on the island of [[Anglesey]] to conduct research on kaolin. He performed various experiments describing the [[clay mineral]].<ref name="ross">{{Cite journal|vauthors=Ross C, Kerr PF|date=1931|title=Dickite, a Kaolin Mineral|url=http://www.minsocam.org/ammin/AM15/AM15_34.pdf|journal=[[American Mineralogist|Am. Mineral.]]|volume=15|issue=1|pages=34–39}}</ref> It was not until 1931 that Clarence S. Ross and Paul F. Kerr looked closer at the mineral and concluded that it was different from the known minerals of [[kaolinite]] and [[nacrite]]. They named it after the first person to describe the mineral.