Formed in marine waters, a minor component of green clay infillings or replacements of microtests, bioclasts, fecal pellets, of mineral debris on shallow marine shelfs and lagoonal areas in tropical latitudes.
IMA Status:
Approved IMA 1988
Locality:
Minor component in sediments of the present day sea bottoms in lower latitudes near South America and Africa. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Name Origin:
Named for Gilles Serge Odin, clay mineralogist of the University P. And M. Curie, Paris, France.