Matter
Name
Montmorillonite SCa-3
Family
Family
mineral
Database
Origins
natural terrestrial
Provider
Source Clays Repository - The Clay Minerals Society, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
Local reference code
SCa-3
Body name
Earth
Place
Otay San Diego County, California, USA
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
2
Mode of mixing
homogeneous mixing
Materials
  Name Arrangement Mass (g) Mass fraction Abundance comments
Montmorillonite homogeneously mixed (with interlayer and adsorbed water) 0.95 $\pm$ 0.02 Abundance based on the average composition of bentonites from San Diego County after Berry (1999)
Quartz homogeneously mixed 0.05 $\pm$ 0.02 Abundance based on the average composition of bentonites from San Diego County after Berry (1999)
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