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smectite

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smectite [′smek‚tīt]
(mineralogy)
Dioctahedral (montmorillonite) and trioctahedral (saponite) clay minerals, and their chemical varieties characterized by swelling properties and high cation-exchange capacities.


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com Lithium also occurs in significant concentrations in the mineral hectorite, a trioctahedral smectite, lithium can be extracted from the clay through either a pyrometallurgical (roasting) or hydrometallurgical (solution) method.
In rocks of this age, smectite is normally transformed into other types of clay.
 
 
 
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