Layer
Name
99% Na-montmorillonite + 1% kaolinite pellet
Physical characteristics
Type of layer
pellet
Thickness
0.8  $mm$
Mass
0.5 $g$
Texture
compact fine grained
Type of porosity
closed pores
Formation mode
pressing granular material
Temperature
30.0  $^{\circ}C$
Pressure
400.0  $bar$
Number
13
Arrangement
homogeneous mixing
Materials
  Name Arrangement Mass (g) Mass fraction Abundance comments
Kaolinite 0.0096
Anatase 0.0003
Crandallite 0.0001
Na-Montmorillonite with adsorbed and interlayer water homogeneously mixed (with interlayer and adsorbed water) 0.7424999999999999
Quartz homogeneously mixed 0.0792 unknown mass fraction: 8% as for SWy-2 ?
Plagioclase homogeneously mixed 0.1584 unknown mass fraction: 16% as for SWy-2 ?
Gypsum homogeneously mixed 0.00495 unknown mass fraction: 1% gypsum + mica and/or illite + kaolinite(?) and/or chlorite(?) for SWy-2 (Chipera & Bish 2001)
Calcite homogeneously mixed 0.00693 unknown mass fraction: 0.4%-1% as for SWy-2 ?
Dolomite homogeneously mixed 0.00198 unknown mass fraction: 0.2% as for SWy-2 ?)
Kaolinite homogeneously mixed 0.01287 unknown mass fraction: 1.3% as for SWy-2 ?
Chlorites homogeneously mixed 0.00198 unknown mass fraction: 0.2% as for SWy-2 ?
Clinopyroxenes homogeneously mixed 0.043559999999999995 Mostly Augite - unknown mass fraction: 4.4% as for SWy-2 ?
Orthopyroxenes homogeneously mixed 0.01386 unknown mass fraction: 1.4% as for SWy-2 ?