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halloysite
[ huh-loi-sahyt, -zahyt, ha- ]
noun
- a refractory clay mineral similar in composition to kaolinite.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of halloysite1
1820–30; after Jean-Baptiste-Julien Omalius d' Halloy (1783–1875), Belgian geologist; with -site for -ite 1, after mineral names formed from surnames ending in s
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