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Item 1-106-596-18-1995

Property Value
id 1-106-596-18-1995
bgs_statistic_type_trans Production
bgs_commodity_code 596
quantity_in_book_style 5839
concat_figure_notes_code None
country_trans Guatemala
bgs_commodity_trans bentonite and fuller's earth
data_precision_description None
concat_figure_notes_text None
country_iso2_code GT
bgs_sub_commodity_trans Bentonite
sdmx_code A
country_iso3_code GTM
erml_group Bentonite and fuller's earth
sdmx_translation Normal value
pole_of_inaccessibility_longitude -90.736761
erml_commodity Bentonite
units tonnes (metric)
year 1995-01-01 00:00:00
pole_of_inaccessibility_latitude 15.240898
erml_sub_commodity Bentonite
concat_table_notes_code 1|2|3|4
yearbook_table_id 18
cgi_commodity_url http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/commodity-code/bentonite
yearbook_table_trans Production of bentonite and fuller's earth
quantity 5839
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, Tanzania and Zimbabwe are believed to produce bentonite. France and Iran 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