Ko te oneone diatomite he momo toka parataiao siliceous koiora, ko te nuinga he toenga diatom tawhito. Ko tōna hanganga matū ko te SiO2, kei roto he iti noa te Al2O3, Fe2O3, CaO, MgO, K2O, Na2O, P2O5 me ngā mea rauropi. Ko ngā whakamahinga matua o te diatomite he āwhina tātari, he whakakī, he mimiti, he kawe whakatere, he rauemi hanga taiao me ētahi atu.
Whenua Diatomaceous (paura diatomite) Taupānga:
Ngā mea kakara: winika ranu monosodium glutamate;
Ahumahi inu: pia, waina mā, waina kōwhai, waina, tī, inu tī me te tirikara.
Ahumahi huka: tirikara hukahuka, tirikara hukahuka teitei, tirikara huka, pīti huka pīti huka honi;
Rongoā: tangohanga plasma hangai paturopi o te huaora A rongoā Hainamana;
Maimoatanga wai: wai para o te ahumahi wai, wai puna kaukau;
Hinu ahumahi: mīhini tāpiri hinu whakahinuhinu me te hinu whakamatao hinu whakawhiti pereti whakarewa hinu hurihuri;
te tipu whakarite whākōkī te hinu te kirikiri rimu te wai electrolyte ngā hua miraka te tiakarete citric te whakapiri wheua.