SMECTITE GROUP

MINERAL GROUPS guide

 

aliettite 1:1 regularly interlayered talc and a smectite group mineral
beidellite (Na,Ca0.5)0.3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O
corrensite 1:1 interlayering of a chlorite group mineral with either vermiculite or a smectite group mineral
hectorite Na0.3(Mg,Li)3Si4O10(F,OH)2
montmorillonite (Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O
nontronite Na0.3Fe2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O
rectorite 1:1 interlayering of a mica group mineral with a smectite group mineral 
saponite (Ca0.5,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O
sauconite Na0.3Zn3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O
stevensite (Ca0.5)0.3Mg3Si4O10(OH)2
swinefordite (Ca,Na)0.3(Li,Mg)2(Si,Al)O10(OH,F)2·2H2O
tosudite 1:1 interlayered chlorite group mineral a smectite group mineral
volkonskoite Ca0.3(Cr,Mg,Fe)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O
yakhontovite (Ca,Na)0.5(Cu,Fe,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·3H2O