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halloysite

[ huh-loi-sahyt, -zahyt, ha- ]

noun

  1. 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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