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Item 1-106-596-18-1994

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id 1-106-596-18-1994
country_trans Guatemala
bgs_sub_commodity_trans Bentonite
data_precision_description None
concat_figure_notes_text None
country_iso2_code GT
erml_group Bentonite and fuller's earth
sdmx_code A
country_iso3_code GTM
erml_commodity Bentonite
sdmx_translation Normal value
yearbook_table_trans Production of bentonite and fuller's earth
pole_of_inaccessibility_longitude -90.736761
erml_sub_commodity Bentonite
units tonnes (metric)
pole_of_inaccessibility_latitude 15.240898
cgi_commodity_url http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/commodity-code/bentonite
concat_table_notes_code 1|2|3|4
year 1994-01-01 00:00:00
quantity 4410
yearbook_table_id 18
bgs_commodity_code 596
quantity_in_book_style 4410
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 and Tanzania 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
bgs_statistic_type_trans Production
bgs_commodity_trans bentonite and fuller's earth
concat_figure_notes_code None