HALLOYSITE Definition & Meaning

halloysite

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

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a refractory clay mineral similar in composition to kaolinite.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

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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