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Glossary:Montmorillonite
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- A clay mineral, bentonite.
- An alumino-silicate clay mineral with a 2;1 expanding crystal lattice: two sili con tetrahedral layers enclosing an aluminum octahedral layer. Considerable expansion may be caused along the "C" axis by water moving between silica layers of contiguous units (interlayer water absorption).