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Item 1-106-596-18-2008

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id 1-106-596-18-2008
year 2008-01-01 00:00:00
yearbook_table_id 18
yearbook_table_trans Production of bentonite and fuller's earth
bgs_statistic_type_trans Production
country_trans Guatemala
country_iso2_code GT
country_iso3_code GTM
pole_of_inaccessibility_longitude -90.736761
pole_of_inaccessibility_latitude 15.240898
bgs_commodity_code 596
bgs_commodity_trans bentonite and fuller's earth
bgs_sub_commodity_trans Bentonite
erml_group Bentonite and fuller's earth
erml_commodity Bentonite
erml_sub_commodity Bentonite
cgi_commodity_url http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/commodity-code/bentonite
quantity 62749
quantity_in_book_style 62749
data_precision_description None
sdmx_code A
sdmx_translation Normal value
units tonnes (metric)
concat_table_notes_code 1|2|3|4
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 is believed to produce bentonite and France 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
concat_figure_notes_code None
concat_figure_notes_text None