sillimanite
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[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Sillimanite.jpg/220px-Sillimanite.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]From Silliman + -ite. Named after American chemist and geologist Benjamin Silliman (1779-1864) in 1824.[1]
Noun
[edit]sillimanite (countable and uncountable, plural sillimanites)
- (mineralogy) A fibrous neosilicate mineral, polymorphic with andalusite and kyanite, with the chemical formula Al2SiO5.
Synonyms
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Further reading
[edit]- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Sillimanite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “sillimanite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
- ^ Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997
French
[edit]Noun
[edit]sillimanite f (plural sillimanites)
Italian
[edit]Noun
[edit]sillimanite f (plural sillimaniti)