smectite

[smek-tahyt]

noun Mineralogy.

montmorillonite.

Origin of smectite

1805–15; < Greek smēkt(ós) smeared + -ite¹

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British Dictionary definitions for smectite

smectite

noun

any of a group of clay minerals of which montmorillonite and saponite are members

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