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a refractory clay mineral similar in composition to kaolinite.
Origin:
1820–30; after Jean-Baptiste-Julien Omalius d'Halloy (1783–1875), Belgian geologist; with -site for -ite1, after mineral names formed from surnames ending in s
1820–30; after Jean-Baptiste-Julien Omalius d'Halloy (1783–1875), Belgian geologist; with -site for -ite1, after mineral names formed from surnames ending in s
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Halloysite
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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halloysite
clay mineral that occurs in two forms: one is similar in composition to kaolinite, and the other is hydrated. Both forms have a lower specific gravity than kaolinite, are fibrous rather than platy, and may exhibit a prismatic tubular shape. Seekaolinite.
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