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Bentonite production (tonnes) per country in 2006 Country (or area) Production World 14,600,000 United States 4,620,000 China * 3,200,000 Greece 1,100,000 India *
Bentonite layers from an ancient deposit of weathered volcanic ash tuff in Wyoming Gray shale and bentonites (Benton Shale; Colorado Springs, Colorado). Bentonite (/ ˈ b ɛ n t ə n aɪ t / BEN-tə-nyte) [1] [2] is an absorbent swelling clay consisting mostly of montmorillonite (a type of smectite) which can either be Na-montmorillonite or Ca-montmorillonite.
Fuller's earth is utilized in a number of industries. [1] [5] Most important modern applications make use of the minerals' natural absorbent properties in products sold as absorbents or filters. In the fulling of raw fibers, historically, and most importantly, removing the lanolin from sheep's wool. Treatment for poisoning.
Several different types of bentonite can be found; however, potassium bentonite is the main one associated with the Deicke and Millbrig eruptions. The Deicke and Millbrig K-bentonite layers can be found from Alabama to New York to Minnesota. These K-bentonite layers are up to a meter thick in some locations. [8] Such thickness is unique.
Compass Minerals: Boundary Dam Lignite: Estevan: Prairie Mines & Royalty Ltd. Chaplin: Sodium sulphate: Chaplin: Saskatchewan Minerals Inc. Cigar Lake Mine: Uranium Cameco Orano Canada TEPCO. 2005- Partially owned by Idemitsu until 2022. [3] [4] Colonsay Potash
He collected samples of a mineral that he guessed might be alstonite or barytocalcite on the basis of qualitative tests. [7] Friedrich Lippmann identified it as a new mineral and described it in the journal Naturwissenschaften in 1961. [8] He named it Benstonite in honor of Benston. [5]
Industrial resources (minerals) are geological materials that are mined for their commercial value, which are not fuel (fuel minerals or mineral fuels) and are not sources of metals (metallic minerals) but are used in the industries based on their physical and/or chemical properties. [1]
Rudolph also founded of US Nutrition, Inc. a vitamin, mineral and nutritional supplement company which was purchased by NBTY in 1986. [ 3 ] Rudolph is a trustee at North Shore University Hospital and a member of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO). [ 4 ]