All Articles tagged Sepiolite

• Science Paper
  June 01, 2014 EDT
  Resistant Cellulose-Derivative Biopolymer Templates in Natural Sepiolite
  S. LegueyA. I. RuizR. FernándezJ. Cuevas

  Sepiolite is a fibrous sheet silicate with a composition of Si12Mg8 (H2O)4(Si6O15)2(OH)4 · 8H2O and has significant physicochemical and rheological properties due to the presence of zeolitic channels in its...

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• Science Paper
  March 01, 2010 EDT
  The Role of Biomineralization in the Origin of Sepiolite and Dolomite
  Santiago LegueyDavid Ruiz De LeónAna Isabel RuizJaime Cuevas

  Sepiolite is an important industrial mineral whose mechanism of formation and detailed origin are still not clear. Sepiolite is frequently found with dolomite, Mg-smectites or palygorskite in the Intermediate Unit...

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