Bentonite imatchedwanso porphyry, dongo la sopo kapena bentonite.China ili ndi mbiri yakale yopanga ndi kugwiritsa ntchito bentonite, yomwe poyamba inkagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati chotsukira.(Panali migodi yotseguka m'dera la Renshou ku Sichuan zaka mazana ambiri zapitazo, ndipo anthu am'deralo amatchedwa bentonite ngati ufa wa dothi).Ndi zaka zana limodzi zokha.United States idapezeka koyamba m'dera lakale la Wyoming, dongo lobiriwira lachikasu, lomwe limatha kufalikira kukhala phala pambuyo powonjezera madzi, ndipo kenako anthu adatcha dongo lonse ndi chinthu ichi bentonite.Ndipotu, chigawo chachikulu cha mchere wa bentonite ndi montmorillonite, zomwe zili ndi 85-90%, ndipo zina za bentonite zimatsimikiziridwa ndi montmorillonite.Montmorillonite imatha kubwera mumitundu yosiyanasiyana monga yachikasu-yobiriwira, yachikasu-yoyera, imvi, yoyera ndi zina zotero.Itha kukhala yopingasa, kapena imatha kukhala dothi lotayirira, ndipo imakhala ndi kumverera koterera ikakhutitsidwa ndi zala, ndipo kuchuluka kwa chipika chaching'ono kumakula kangapo mpaka 20-30 mutathira madzi, ndikuyimitsidwa m'madzi. ndi phala pamene pali madzi ochepa.Makhalidwe a montmorillonite amagwirizana ndi kapangidwe kake kake komanso kapangidwe ka mkati.