The Hizeh-Jan kaolin deposit (NW Varzaghan, East-Azarbaidjan Province) is a typical clayey deposit with andesitic host of Eocene age in northwestern Iran. Based on XRD analyses, the minerals of this deposit include kaolinite, pyrophyllite, quartz, smectite, muscovite-illite, hematite, goethite, anatase, alunite, diaspore, feldspar, hornblende, and calcite. Increasing SiO2/Al2O3 ratio from the c...