| 1. | The palygorskite-sepiolite minerals are clay minerals with a layered structure.
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| 2. | In construction, sepiolite can be used in lime mortars as water reservoir.
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| 3. | Sepiolite occurs as a secondary mineral associated with serpentine.
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| 4. | Even where asbestos is not present, sepiolite is often mistaken for it.
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| 5. | Sepiolite is also used for domestic chinchillas to clean themselves in'sand baths '.
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| 6. | As a countermeasure, PDMS elastomers often are reinforced by carbon nanotubes and sepiolite mineral.
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| 7. | Processes for bacterial transformation based on the Yoshida Effect can utilize sepiolite as an acicular nanofiber.
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| 8. | Liuyang has been mining some natural resources, like sepiolite, chrysanthemum stone, coal and phosphorite.
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| 9. | In Somalia and Djibouti, sepiolite is used to make the dabqaad, a traditional incense burner.
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| 10. | A "'Meerschaum pipe "'is a smoking pipe made from the mineral sepiolite.
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