Matter
Name
Smectite or illite grains
Family
Family
mineral
Database
Experimentalists
Level
from laboratory repository
Origins
natural terrestrial
Provider
Bernard Schmitt, Institut de Planétologie et d’Astrophysique de Grenoble (IPAG), OSUG-D, 414, Rue de la Piscine, 38400 St-Martin d’Hères, France
Provider reference code
Rhyolite
Body name
Earth
Preparation
raw
Phase type
solid
Component type (group)
mineral (silicate mineral)
Texture
loose granular
Type of porosity
particulate
Number
5
Mode of mixing
homogeneous mixing
Materials
  Name Arrangement Mass (g) Mass fraction Abundance comments
Smectite The main mineral constituting this matter is either smectite or illite.
Illite The main mineral constituting this matter is either smectite or illite.
Microcline
Quartz
Kaolinite
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