Kapa ʻia ʻo Bentonite he porphyry, soap clay a i ʻole bentonite.He moʻolelo lōʻihi ko Kina no ka hoʻomohala ʻana a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka bentonite, kahi i hoʻohana mua ʻia ma ke ʻano he mea holoi.(He mau lua lua hāmama ma Renshou ma Sichuan he mau haneli mau makahiki aku nei, a ua kapa ʻia nā kamaʻāina he bentonite ma ke ʻano he palaoa lepo).He haneri makahiki wale no.Ua ʻike mua ʻia ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ma ka papa kahiko o Wyoming, ka pālolo melemele-'ōmaʻomaʻo, hiki ke hoʻonui i loko o kahi paʻi ma hope o ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka wai, a ma hope ua kapa ʻia nā kānaka āpau me kēia waiwai bentonite.ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka mea mineral nui o ka bentonite he montmorillonite, ʻo ka ʻike he 85-90%, a ʻo kekahi mau waiwai o ka bentonite i hoʻoholo ʻia e ka montmorillonite.Hiki i ka Montmorillonite ke hele mai i nā kala like ʻole e like me ka melemele-'ōmaʻomaʻo, melemele-keʻokeʻo, hina, keʻokeʻo a pēlā aku.Hiki iā ia ke lilo i ʻāpana paʻa, a i ʻole he lepo paheʻe, a he manaʻo paheʻe kona i ka wā e ʻoki ʻia ai me nā manamana lima, a hoʻonui ʻia ka nui o ka pā liʻiliʻi i nā manawa he 20-30 ma hope o ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka wai, a ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ka wai. a me ka paʻakai ke emi ka wai.ʻO nā waiwai o ka montmorillonite e pili ana i kona haku mele a me ka hoʻolālā o loko.