单词 | montmorillonite |
释义 | montmorilloniten. Mineralogy. Originally: a rose-red clay mineral. Now: any montmorillonoid; spec. a monoclinic alumina-rich montmorillonoid containing some sodium and magnesium. Also: the montmorillonoids collectively. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > phyllosilicate > [noun] > smectites > montmorillonite montmorillonite1854 1854 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 4) II. App. 500 Delanovite, Kenngott, (Jahrb. k.k. Geol. Reichs., iv, 633).—A reddish amorphous earthy mineral... Kenngott places it near Montmorillonite. 1865 H. Watts Dict. Chem. III. 1047 Montmorillonite, a rose-red, fragile, argillaceous substance found at Montmorillon. 1935 Amer. Mineralogist 20 482 Montmorillonite, beidellite, and nontronite form an isomorphous completely miscible series. 1954 H. Williams et al. Petrogr. xvii. 327 By substitution of magnesium or iron for aluminum, especially in montmorillonite, the composition of clay minerals may vary considerably from the formulas given. 1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) VIII. 587/2 Montmorillonite clays have wide commercial use. The high colloidal, plastic, and binding properties make them especially in demand for bonding molding sands and for oil-well drilling muds. 1984 N. N. Greenwood & A. Earnshaw Chem. of Elements (1986) vii. 245 These, in turn, weather in temperate climates to give clay minerals such as kaolinite.., montmorillonite, and vermiculite. 1994 L. A. Graf Firestorm xv. 164 Hmm. Smectite and montmorillonite. About what you'd expect from weathered volcanic ash. Compounds montmorillonite group n. the group of clay minerals (of which montmorillonite is the type) comprising the montmorillonoids (now more often called smectite group). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > phyllosilicate > [noun] > smectites montmorillonite group1938 montmorillonoid1951 smectite1955 1938 Mineral. Mag. 25 153 The montmorillonite group is shown to have three end-members, montmorillonite, Al2Si4O11, nontronite, Fe2Si4O11, magnesium-beidellite, Mg3Si4O11. 1966 W. A. Deer et al. Introd. Rock-forming Minerals iii. 264 Chemical variation of this basic formula yields a group of clay minerals which are related by a common structure..and are therefore classed as the ‘montmorillonite group’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1854 |
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