Vermiculite ni imyunyu ngugu ya silikatike, ikaba ari mika sub-organisme.Ibigize imiti nyamukuru: 22MgO · 5Al2O3 · Fe2O3 · 22SiO2 · 40H2O Amata ya molekile ya teoretiki nyuma yo kotsa no kwaguka: (OH) 2 (MgFe) 2 · (SiAlFe) 4O104H2O
Umwimerere wamabuye ya vermiculite nuburyo butandukanye hamwe namazi make hagati yabyo.Nyuma yo gushyushya 900-950 ℃, irashobora kubura umwuma, guturika no kwaguka inshuro 4-15 zingana numwimerere, bigakora ibintu byoroshye byumubiri.Ifite ubushyuhe bwumuriro, irwanya ubushyuhe bwinshi, izirinda, antifreeze, irwanya umutingito, aside na alkali irwanya ruswa, irinda amajwi nibindi bintu.