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ALLEVARDITE [1 record]

Record 1 2011-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
DEF

A white clay-mineral mixture with regularly interstratified mica and smectite layers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
DEF

Minéral constitué d'un mélange interstratifié de montmorillonite et de mica.

CONT

On distingue: [...] les interstratifications régulières qui ne se comportent pas comme des mélanges, mais comme de vrais minéraux, telles sont la «rectorite» (pyrophyllite et vermiculite), la «corrensite» (chlorite et chlorite gonflante), etc.

OBS

allevardite : Variété de rectorite trouvée à Allevard, Isère (France).

Spanish

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