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IT has been shown that montmorillonite saturated with small ions, for example, lithium, is difficult to rehydrate after being dried at moderate temperatures1–3. This behaviour has been found to be confined to montmorillonite and forms the basis of a new test which enables the mineral to be easily distinguished from the other common montmorillonoids4.
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GREENE-KELLY, R. A Test for Montmorillonite. Nature 170, 1130–1131 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/1701130a0
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