I-Bentonite ikwabizwa ngokuba yi-porphyry, isepha yodongwe okanye i-bentonite.I-China inomlando omude wokuphuhlisa nokusebenzisa i-bentonite, eyayisetyenziswa ekuqaleni njenge-detergent.(Kwakukho imigodi evulekileyo kwindawo yaseRenshou eSichuan kumakhulu eminyaka eyadlulayo, kwaye abantu balapha babiza i-bentonite njengomgubo womhlaba).Ineminyaka elikhulu kuphela ubudala.I-United States yafunyanwa kuqala kwi-strata yamandulo yase-Wyoming, udongwe oluphuzi-luhlaza, olunokwandisa lube yintlama emva kokongeza amanzi, kwaye kamva abantu babiza lonke udongwe kunye nale propati bentonite.Enyanisweni, i-mineral component ye-bentonite yi-montmorillonite, umxholo ngu-85-90%, kwaye ezinye iipropati ze-bentonite nazo zinqunywe yi-montmorillonite.IMontmorillonite inokuza ngemibala eyahlukeneyo enje ngotyheli-luhlaza, tyheli-mhlophe, ngwevu, mhlophe njalo njalo.Inokuba yibhloko eshinyeneyo, okanye inokuba ngumhlaba okhululekileyo, kwaye inemvakalelo emtyibilizi xa ihlikihlwa ngeminwe, kwaye umthamo webhloko encinci uyanda kaninzi ukuya kumaxesha angama-20-30 emva kokufaka amanzi, kwaye inqunyanyiswa emanzini. kwaye intlama xa kukho amanzi amancinci.Iipropati ze-montmorillonite zihambelana nokwakheka kweekhemikhali kunye nesakhiwo sangaphakathi.