Chemical and mineralogical characteristics of French green clays used for healing

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 437-452

  Williams, Lynda B ^a   Haydel, Shelley E ^b   Giese, Rossman F ^c   Eberl, Dennis D ^d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Green clay; Healing; Illite; Mineral chemistry; Smectite

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GENE TRANSFER; LITHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; PH EFFECTS; RAW MATERIALS; SILICATE MINERALS; SKIN; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ANTIBACTERIAL; GREEN CLAY; HEALING; ILLITE; MINERAL CHEMISTRY; SMECTITE;

CLAY MINERALS;

ABSORPTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISEASE TREATMENT; ILLITE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MINERALOGY; OXIDATION; PH; SMECTITE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS;

EID: 53849087860     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.2008.0560405     Document Type: Article

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