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Definition of porcelainite - 2 dictionary results

por⋅ce⋅lain⋅ite

  [pawr-suh-luh-nahyt, pohr-, pawrs-luh-, pohrs-]
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–noun
Mineralogy. mullite.
Origin:
porcelain + -ite 1

mull⋅ite

  [muhl-ahyt]
–noun
a rare clay mineral, aluminum silicate, Al6Si2O1 3, produced artificially during various melting and firing processes: used as a refractory.
Also called porcelainite.

Origin:
1924; after Mull, source of the rocks in which it was first identified; see -ite 1
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