Matter
Name
Montmorillonite SAz-2
Family
mineral
Origins
natural terrestrial
Provider
Source Clays Repository - The Clay Minerals Society, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
Local reference code
SAz-2
Body name
Earth
Place
Biadohochi Formation (pliocene), County of Apache, Arizona, USA. For details see Moll 2001
Preparation
raw
Phase type
solid
Component type (group)
mineral (silicate mineral), mineral (non-silicate mineral)
Texture
earthy
Type of porosity
particulate
Texture
clay-like
Number
2
Mode of mixing
homogeneous mixing
Materials
  Name Arrangement Mass (g) Mass fraction Abundance comments
Montmorillonite homogeneously mixed (with interlayer and adsorbed water) 0.98 $\pm$ 0.01 Composition of the material after Chipera and Bish 2001
Quartz homogeneously mixed 0.05 $\pm$ 0.02 Abundance based on the average composition of bentonites from San Diego County after Berry (1999)