Item talk:Q162579
From geokb
Mindat Short Description
May be confused with sepiolite.
Results of García-Romero & Suárez (2010) indicate that no compositional gap exists between sepiolite and palygorskite.
Geoscience Ontology Status Notes
von Ssaftschenkow T (1862) Paligorskit, Verhandlungen der Kalserllchen Gesellschaft für die Gesammte Mlneralogle zu St. Petersburg 1862, 102-104
IMA Formula (from Mindat)
(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH) · 4H2O
RRUFF Formula (from Geoscience Ontology)
(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O
