Item 1-106-596-18-1993
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| id | 1-106-596-18-1993 |
| yearbook_table_trans | Production of bentonite and fuller's earth |
| bgs_commodity_code | 596 |
| quantity_in_book_style | 4198 |
| concat_figure_notes_code | None |
| bgs_statistic_type_trans | Production |
| bgs_commodity_trans | bentonite and fuller's earth |
| data_precision_description | None |
| concat_figure_notes_text | None |
| country_trans | Guatemala |
| bgs_sub_commodity_trans | Bentonite |
| sdmx_code | A |
| country_iso2_code | GT |
| erml_group | Bentonite and fuller's earth |
| sdmx_translation | Normal value |
| country_iso3_code | GTM |
| erml_commodity | Bentonite |
| units | tonnes (metric) |
| pole_of_inaccessibility_longitude | -90.736761 |
| erml_sub_commodity | Bentonite |
| concat_table_notes_code | 1|2|3|4 |
| year | 1993-01-01 00:00:00 |
| pole_of_inaccessibility_latitude | 15.240898 |
| cgi_commodity_url | http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/commodity-code/bentonite |
| yearbook_table_id | 18 |
| quantity | 4198 |
| concat_table_notes_text | Bentonites consist of montmorillonite (one of the smectite group of clay minerals) and occur in two main varieties, calcium bentonite, the most commonly occurring, and sodium bentonite, industrially the more important|Calcium bentonite can be converted to sodium bentonite by a sodium-exchange process|In addition to the countries listed, Austria, China, Tanzania and other former Soviet Union countries are believed to produce bentonite. France, Iran and Japan may produce fuller's earth|In some countries, such as the United Kingdom, calcium bentonite is known as fuller's earth, a term which is also used to refer attapulgite, a mineralogically distinct clay mineral but exhibiting similar properties |