Term: Chlorite/smectite (or chlorite-smectite)

Chlorite/smectite (or chlorite-smectite)

Terminology commonly used to denote the interstratification of chlorite or chlorite-like layers with smectite or smectite-like layers. Alternatively, this interstratification can be described as chlorite/corrensite. It may be abbreviated as C/S or C-S. Because the interstratification is not regular, it is not recognized as a unique phase.
Cf., chlorite, corrensite, smectite