montmorillonite

English

Montmorillonite

Noun

montmorillonite (countable and uncountable, plural montmorillonites)

1. (mineralogy) Any of a group of soft, clay-like silicate minerals having many industrial and technical uses.

Derived terms

• calcium-montmorillonite
• calcium montmorillonite
• Ca-montmorillonite
• Fe-montmorillonite
• iron montmorillonite
• iron-montmorillonite
• nano-montmorillonite
• organo-montmorillonite

 

Translations

a type of smectite clay

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蒙脱石 (zh) (méngtuōshí), 微晶高岭土, 青膏泥, 白膏泥

• Finnish: montmorilloniitti (fi)
• French: montmorillonite (fr) f
• German: Montmorillonit m
• Italian: montmorillonite f
• Portuguese: montmorilonite f
• Spanish: montmorillonita f

See also

• vermiculite

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Montmorillonite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “montmorillonite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.

French

Noun

montmorillonite f (plural montmorillonites)

1. (mineralogy) montmorillonite

Italian

Noun

montmorillonite f (plural montmorilloniti)

1. (mineralogy) montmorillonite