SILLIMANITE


Meaning of SILLIMANITE in English

ˈsiləməˌnīt noun

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Etymology: Benjamin Silliman died 1864 American chemist and geologist + English -ite

: a brown, grayish, or pale green mineral Al 2 SiO 5 that consists of an aluminum silicate in orthorhombic crystals often occurring in fibrous or columnar forms and that is polymorphous with cyanite and andalusite — called also fibrolite ; see sillimanite group

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