sillimanite

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Sillimanite
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Etymology

From Silliman +‎ -ite. Named after American chemist and geologist Benjamin Silliman (1779-1864) in 1824.

Noun

sillimanite (countable and uncountable, plural sillimanites)

  1. (mineralogy) A fibrous neosilicate mineral, polymorphic with andalusite and kyanite, with the chemical formula Al2SiO5.

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Further reading

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Sillimanite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • sillimanite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
  1. ^ Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997

French

Noun

sillimanite f (plural sillimanites)

  1. (mineralogy) sillimanite

Italian

Noun

sillimanite f (plural sillimaniti)

  1. (mineralogy) sillimanite