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From Benton +‎ -ite, after the place where it was first mined: Fort Benton, Montana.

bentonite (countable and uncountable, plural bentonites)

(mineralogy) Any of several impure clay minerals consisting mostly of montmorillonite.
A porous clay formed by the decomposition of volcanic ash that swells 5 to 6 times its original volume in the presence of water.

E558 when used as an anti-caking agent

Translations

Catalan: bentonita f
Dutch: bentoniet (nl) n
Finnish: bentoniitti (fi)
French: bentonite (fr) f
Italian: bentonite (it) f
Polish: bentonit (pl) m

Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[1] (etymology)

David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Bentonite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
“bentonite”, in Mindat.org‎^[2], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

bentonite f (plural bentonites)

(mineralogy) bentonite

IPA^(key): /ben.toˈni.te/
Rhymes: -ite
Hyphenation: ben‧to‧nì‧te

bentonite f (plural bentoniti)

(mineralogy) bentonite

bentonite in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana