This page provides information about 3 types of clay:
Bentonite (a Sodium Montmorillonite),
Calcium Montmorillonite,
and Pascalite (calcium bentonite/montmorillonite).
Sodium montmorillonite is commonly known as
bentonite; the name is derived from the location of the
first commercial deposit mined at Fort Benton, Wyoming
USA. Bentonite principally consists of sodium
montmorillonite in combination with 10 to 20% of various
mineral impurities such as feldspars, calcite, silica,
gypsum, etc. Sodium montmorillonite clays are the
industrial clays used in things like: plaster, oil well
drilling mud, cat litter, matches, cement tiles,
lubricating grease, paints, copy paper, dynamite, shoe
polish, concrete, cleaning agents, wall boards, crayons,
and bleaching agents to mention a few.
Calcium montmorillonite,
the second type of montmorillonite, is also known as
"living clay" (Terramin) for it principally consists of
minerals that enhance the production of enzymes in all
living organisms. Benefits of calcium montmorillonite
minerals have been documented in research conducted by
many scientists and leading universities:
(Dr. Cohen,
Harvey C. Lisle,
Dr.
Benjamin H. Ershoff, begins NASA-sponsored research,
Arizona State University's (ASU) Lynda Williams and Shelley
Hayde, Ran Knishinsky, Dr. Jensen, N.D., D.C., Ph.D.,
Dr. Janet Starr Hull)
Pascalite
clay is a calcium bentonite, formed thirty million
years ago as the froth and foam of the fiery and
convulsive era atop the Big Horn Mountains in Wyoming.
Over the centuries, it captured the calcium from that
limestone formation, and many other minerals (now known
to be vital to life) in trace amounts migrated into it
-manganese, cobalt, copper, etc...Technically, Pascalite is a calcium-based bentonite.
Calcium Montmorillonite Clay is reported to contain no
less than 67 minerals. This impressive assortment of
minerals includes calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium,
manganese, and silica as well as trace elements, those
appearing in very tiny amounts.
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clay mineral
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Mineralogical Magazine and Clay Minerals are now
available on line at the
http://www.minersoc.org/
World Health Organization -
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/en/
