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Thixotropic Fuller's earth clay minerals which are structurally double silica ch ains linked together through oxygen to form double-ribbed sheets held by aluminum and/or magnesium in octahedral coordinatio n in an amphibole chain are vacuum dried and admixed with a stabilizing fluid, e.g., silicone fluid, to result in new, lo w moisture content thixotropic agents. The mineral products thus produced are superior thixotropes when compounded in plastics such as plastisols, adhesive sealants, coatings and other organic binder systems which are heat set or heat cured or moixture cured, and compliance coatings. The methods involve reducing the moisture content of Fuller's earth clay, e.g., attapulgite, by (1) heating it under vacuum at an elevated temperature, preferably between 100 .degree.C and 300 .degree.C, or (2) heating it at an elev ated temperature, preferably between 100 .degree.C and 350 .degree.C, and adding a stabilizing fluid, or (3) heating it under vacuum at an elevated temper ature, preferably below 300 .degree.C and adding a stabilizing fluid, to preserve its low moisture properties.
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