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bentonite
noun
    1. geol.
      A white, pale-green or pale-blue soft porous rock, capable of absorbing large quantities of water, and used in papermaking and as a bleaching and decolourizing agent.
Etymology: 19c: named after Fort Benton in Montana, USA where it was found.



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