"allophane" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: allophanes [plural]
Etymology: allo- + phane Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|allo|phane}} allo- + phane Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} allophane (countable and uncountable, plural allophanes)
  1. (mineralogy) An amorphous hydrous aluminium silicate clay mineral Wikipedia link: allophane Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Minerals Related terms: allophanic Translations (an amorphous hydrous aluminium silicate clay mineral): allofaani (Finnish), allofane [masculine] (Italian), alofan [masculine] (Polish), allofan [masculine] (Polish), alofano [masculine] (Portuguese)

Inflected forms

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