Bentonite nayo yitwa porphyry, isabune ibumba cyangwa bentonite.Ubushinwa bufite amateka maremare yo kwiteza imbere no gukoresha bentonite, ubusanzwe yakoreshwaga gusa.(Hari mu birombe byafunguye mu gace ka Renshou muri Sichuan mu binyejana byashize, kandi abaturage bita bentonite nk'ifu y'ubutaka).Ifite imyaka ijana gusa.Amerika yabonetse bwa mbere mu bice bya kera bya Wyoming, ibumba ry'umuhondo-icyatsi kibisi, rishobora kwaguka muri paste nyuma yo kongeramo amazi, nyuma abantu bita ibumba ryose hamwe n'umutungo bentonite.Mubyukuri, imyunyu ngugu nyamukuru ya bentonite ni montmorillonite, ibirimo ni 85-90%, kandi ibintu bimwe na bimwe bya bentonite nabyo bigenwa na montmorillonite.Montmorillonite irashobora kuza mumabara atandukanye nkumuhondo-icyatsi, umuhondo-cyera, imvi, umweru nibindi.Irashobora kuba igicucu cyinshi, cyangwa irashobora kuba ubutaka bworoshye, kandi ikagira kunyerera iyo ikozwe nintoki, kandi ingano yumwanya muto waguka inshuro nyinshi kugeza kuri 20-30 nyuma yo kongeramo amazi, kandi igahagarikwa mumazi. na paste mugihe hari amazi make.Imiterere ya montmorillonite ifitanye isano nimiterere yimiti nimiterere yimbere.