Show Mineral Details
| Mineral: |
Bentonite |
| English Trivial: |
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| Formula: |
Na₀.₃₃Mg₀.₃₃Al₁.₆₇Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂ |
| Mineralogical Group: |
clay minerals |
| Petrological Group: |
clay minerals |
| Crystallographic System: |
Prismatic |
| Strunz Classification: |
VIII/H |
| Molar Mass in g/mol: |
367.017 |
| Density in g/cm³: |
1.7 - 2.7 |
| Comment: |
no mineral, but important for nuclear waste management with many papers addressing it, consists mainly of Montmorillonite, impurities of TiO2 and Fe-oxides |
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1 data sets were retrieved
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