Mineral: Hectorite

Notes

An uncommon fine grained highly plastic clay mineral related to bentonite. Named after Hector, CA. From volcanic sources.

Out Bound Links

• (Typecodes) 14: CLM - Clay Minerals
• (Minerals - Related) Montmorillonite, Bentonite

  A clay mineral of extremely small particle size an...

• (Minerals) Smectite

  A highly plastic clay mineral related to montmoril...

• (URLs) Hectorite on Wikipedia
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hectorite
• (URLs) Hectorite Mineralogy
  http://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/pdfs/Hectorite...

In Bound Links

• (Materials - Mineral equivalent) Hectorite - Na0:3(Mg; Li)3Si4O10(OH)2 - Hectorite
• (Materials - Parent mineral) Bentone MA - Glaze Suspender, Hectorite

  Macaloid

• (Materials - Parent mineral) Macaloid