Constituent
- Name
- NH4-montmorillonite
- IMA name
- Montmorillonite
- Class
- silicate mineral
- Compound type
- phyllosilicate
- Comments
-
natural mineral with NH4 substitution performed in laboratory
Montmorillonite has a typical hydration number of 10
- Relevance
- main - major
- Arrangement
- single phase
- Mass fraction
- 1.0
- Formula
- $(Na,Ca)_{0.3}(Al,Mg)_2.Si_4O_{10}(OH)_2 \bullet n(H_2O)$
- Chemical formula
- (Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2•n(H2O)
- Elemental formula
- (Na)0-0.3 (Ca)0-0.3 (Al)1.65-2 (Mg)0-2 Si4 O12 H2
- Isotope mixture type
- terrestrial abundance
- Composition comments
- Typical formula: $(Na_{0.2}Ca_{0.1})Al_2.Si_4O_{10}(OH)_2 \bullet (H_2O)_{10}$ - Common impurities: Fe, K
- Oxides
-
Formula $Na_{2}O$ $CaO$ $Al_{2}O_{3}$ $MgO$ $SiO_{2}$ $H_{2}O$ Mass fraction (%)
Strunz
- Class
- silicates (09)
- Division
- phyllosilicate (09.E)
- Family
- Phyllosilicates with mica sheets, composed of tetrahedral and octahedral nets (09.EC)
- Code
- 09.EC.40
Dana
- Major class
- silicates (VIII)
- Class
- phyllosilicate sheets of six-membered rings (71)
- Type
- with 2:1 clays (71.03)
- Group
- Smectite group (Dioctahedral Smectites) (71.03.01a)
- Code
- 71.03.01a.02
- Phase type
- crystalline
- Crystal system
- monoclinic
- Crystal class
- prismatic
- Crystal class symbol
- 2/m (C2h)
- Crystal spacegroup
- C2/m
- Molar mass
- 549.07 $g/mol$
- Density
- 2 - 2.7 $g/cm^3$
- Refringence type
- biaxial
- Refringence sign
- negative
- Birefringence
- 0.015 - 0.020
- Refraction index $n_{\alpha}$
- 1.485 - 1.535
- Refraction index $n_{\beta}$
- 1.504 - 1.550
- Refraction index $n_{\gamma}$
- 1.505 - 1.550
- Dispersion V
- 0
- Color
- gray white, yellow, brownish yellow, greenish yellow
- Diaphaneity
- translucent to opaque
- Luster
- earthy