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Organic C is high and is associated with high sodium pyrophosphate extractable aluminum and iron. Phosphate retention is high and varied according to sodium pyrophosphate extractable aluminum and allophane contents. Soil cation exchange capacity, organic C, water retention properties, and aluminum and iron associated with organic matter and allophane decrease whereas, pH and bulk density increase with elevation. Allophane content decreases whereas, halloysite increases with decreasing elevation. Variations in soil properties with elevation reflect differences in clay mineralogical composition. Variations in physical and chemical properties of soils developed from different parent materials may be caused, in part, by differences in cropping history. Differences in clay mineralogy between soils developed from different parent materials exist but do not reflet differences in the age of the parent materials. 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Soil cation exchange capacity, organic C, water retention properties, and aluminum and iron associated with organic matter and allophane decrease whereas, pH and bulk density increase with elevation. Allophane content decreases whereas, halloysite increases with decreasing elevation. Variations in soil properties with elevation reflect differences in clay mineralogical composition. Variations in physical and chemical properties of soils developed from different parent materials may be caused, in part, by differences in cropping history. Differences in clay mineralogy between soils developed from different parent materials exist but do not reflet differences in the age of the parent materials. 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