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Illite

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smectitenoun(mineralogy) Any of many clay phyllosilicate minerals that have a relatively open structure.
montmorillonitenoun(mineralogy) Any of a group of soft, clay-like silicate minerals having many industrial and technical uses.
diagenetic(geology) of, or relating to diagenesis
crystallinitynounThe condition or degree of being crystalline.
ilesitenoun(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, sulfur, and zinc.
oolitenoun(geology) A rock consisting of spherical grains within a mineral cortex accreted around a nucleus, often of quartz grains.
lutitenoun(geology, dated) A rock composed of clayey or silty sediment.
idrialitenoun(mineralogy) A soft, orthorhombic hydrocarbon mineral, usually greenish-yellow to light brown in colour with bluish fluorescence.
ixiolitenoun(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing iron, manganese, niobium, oxygen, tantalum, and tin.
illitizationnoun(mineralogy) conversion into illite
idrialinenoun(mineralogy) Synonym of idrialite.
hydromuscovitenoun(mineralogy) illite.
ominelitenoun(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal blue mineral containing aluminum, boron, iron, magnesium, oxygen, and silicon.
amicitenoun(mineralogy) A monoclinic-sphenoidal zeolite mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and sodium.
chesteritenoun(mineralogy) A basic inosilicate of magnesium and iron.
iranitenoun(mineralogy) A triclinic-pedial mineral containing chromium, copper, fluorine, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and silicon.
oneillitenoun(mineralogy) A trigonal-pyramidal yellowish brown mineral containing calcium, chlorine, hydrogen, iron, manganese, niobium, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and zirconium.
dickitenoun(mineralogy) A phyllosilicate clay mineral chemically composed of aluminium, silicon, hydrogen and oxygen.
hydromicanoun(mineralogy) Synonym of illite.
jenitenoun(mineralogy, archaic) The mineral ilvaite.

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