1) Formulas: Mg8(H2O)4.(SiO15)(OH)48H2O

 2) Chemical analysis

2. Physical Property

Main Uses: 

1. Sepiolite can be used in surgery to remove waste.

2. The processed sepiolite mixed with some active carbon is an ideal material in making Cigarette filters.

3. Mixed with cement, it helps to reduce contraction and leaves no gaps and leaks no water. Added to painter,the painter can form a sediment to improve its quality.

4. Sepiolite can be used as the fine mud material in well drilling for terrestrial heat, for petroleum and halite. lt is particularly applicable for deeply well drilling.

5. Sepiolite can be used to make soap and detergent in the place of fatty acid,to improve quality and clearance.
  6.Sepiolite used as additives of cosmetics ,it can absorb bacteria. Mixed with glass fibre, sepiolite can be made into inorganic noncombustible paper.
 7.Sepiolite can be used to improve the soil as subspeded agent in fertilizers and carrier of farm chemicals.

8. lt can also be used as additive of fodder, coherent agent, improving agenr for animals,oil-clearing agentin fodder sites,etc.
 9. lt can be used to produce original device of special pottery, atomic radiation-resistant apparatus in making atomic enerhy,rockets and satellite.
 10. lt is the raw material for fire-resisting apparatus and clothing.