Matter
Name
Low charge beidellite SbId-1
Family
Family
mineral
Database
Origins
natural terrestrial
Provider
Source Clays Repository - The Clay Minerals Society, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
Local reference code
SbId-1
Body name
Earth
Place
Near the top of the Glen Silver Pit in DeLamar Mine (Florida Mountains), Owyhee County, Idaho, USA. The mine has been closed.
Preparation
raw
Phase type
solid
Component type (group)
mineral (silicate mineral), mineral (non-silicate mineral)
Texture
earthy
Type of porosity
particulate
Texture
clay-like
Number
4
Mode of mixing
homogeneous mixing
Materials
  Name Arrangement Mass (g) Mass fraction Abundance comments
Beidellite homogeneously mixed (with interlayer and adsorbed water) 0.8 $\pm$ 0.1 Composition known only at qualitative level, with beidellite as a dominant component
Kaolinite homogeneously mixed 0.12 $\pm$ 0.02 Known impurity
Quartz homogeneously mixed 0.04 $\pm$ 0.02 Known impurity
Alkali Feldspars homogeneously mixed 0.04 $\pm$ 0.02 Known impurity
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