Laterite vs Vermiculite - What's the difference?
laterite | vermiculite |
A red hard or gravel-like soil or subsoil formed in the tropics that has been leached of soluble minerals leaving insoluble iron and aluminium oxides and hydroxides; used to make bricks and roads.
* 2004 , (Richard Fortey), The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 38:
(mineral) A hydrated silicate mineral which expands on heating; it is used in insulation and as a medium for planting
As nouns the difference between laterite and vermiculite
is that laterite is a red hard or gravel-like soil or subsoil formed in the tropics that has been leached of soluble minerals leaving insoluble iron and aluminium oxides and hydroxides; used to make bricks and roads while vermiculite is a hydrated silicate mineral which expands on heating; it is used in insulation and as a medium for planting.laterite
English
(wikipedia laterite)Noun
(en noun)- Constant tropical rain makes a mush of hard old lavas. The end product is a brick red soil called laterite .
