imogolite

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English

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Etymology

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Japanese 芋子 (imogo, “brownish-yellow soil derived from volcanic ash”) + -lite.

Noun

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imogolite (countable and uncountable, plural imogolites)

  1. (mineralogy) An aluminium silicate clay mineral found in soils formed from volcanic ash.

Further reading

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  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Imogolite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “imogolite”, in Mindat.org‎[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
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