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