High charge beidellite SbCa-1 | LSD | SSHADE

Matter

Name: High charge beidellite SbCa-1

Family: mineral

Owner of matter

Database

LSD

Origins: natural terrestrial
Provider: Source Clays Repository - The Clay Minerals Society, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
Local reference code: SbCa-1

Body name: Earth
Place: California, USA

Matter preparation and component types

Preparation: raw
Phase type: solid
Component type (group): mineral (silicate mineral), mineral (non-silicate mineral)

Matter shape and texture

Texture: earthy
Type of porosity: particulate

Texture: clay-like

Materials in matter

Number

3

Mode of mixing

homogeneous mixing

Materials

	Name	Arrangement	Mass (g)	Mass fraction	Abundance comments
	Beidellite	homogeneously mixed (with interlayer and adsorbed water)		0.9 $\pm$ 0.1	Composition known only at qualitative level, with beidellite as a dominant component
	Quartz	homogeneously mixed		0.05 $\pm$ 0.02	Known impurity
	Alkali Feldspars	homogeneously mixed		0.05 $\pm$ 0.02	Known impurity