单词 | rectorite |
释义 | rectoriten. Mineralogy. A clay mineral of the montmorillonite group which occurs as large, soft, white or light brown leaves or plates.Rectorite is a basic aluminosilicate of sodium and calcium. Crystal system: monoclinic. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > phyllosilicate > [noun] > smectites > other smectites scoulerite1840 saponite1849 nefedyevite1873 sauconite1875 stevensite1889 rectorite1891 1891 R. N. Brackett & J. F. Williams in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 42 16 The second hydrous silicate of alumina..is found in the Blue Mountain mining district in Marble Township, Garland county [Arkansas]... We propose the name Rectorite for this..in honor of Hon. E. W. Rector, of Hot Springs, Ark., who originated and has so unceasingly supported..the bills providing for the Geological Survey of Arkansas. 1950 Amer. Mineralogist 35 590 The structural scheme of rectorite consists of contiguous pairs of pyrophyllite-like units separated by pairs of layers of water molecules. An equally apt description would be the alternation of one pyrophyllite unit with one vermiculite unit. 1970 Clays & Clay Minerals 18 239 The regular mixed-layer clay mineral rectorite seems to form as a result of the alteration of muscovite—paragonite during late stages of diagenesis. 2005 Arkansas Democrat-Gaz. (Little Rock) (Nexis) 5 Apr. Arkansas also has a 10th claybearing substance, rectorite, which involves a clay mineral (some kind of Smectite) interlayered with sheets of mica. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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