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| Minerals |
Smectite
A highly plastic clay mineral related to montmorillonite (bentonite), more correctly, the name of th |
| Typecodes |
Clay Minerals
The property of plasticity is evident in a wide array of materials of different mineralogy. In addition, many minerals are considered parent minerals to clays, they weather down to become these clays. |
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