"sillimanite" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sillimanites [plural]
Etymology: From Silliman + -ite. Named after American chemist and geologist Benjamin Silliman (1779-1864) in 1824. Etymology templates: {{af|en|Silliman|-ite}} Silliman + -ite Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} sillimanite (countable and uncountable, plural sillimanites)
  1. (mineralogy) A fibrous neosilicate mineral, polymorphic with andalusite and kyanite, with the chemical formula Al₂SiO₅. Wikipedia link: sillimanite Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Minerals Synonyms: bucholzite, fibrolite Translations (mineral): sillimaniet (Dutch), sillimaniitti (Finnish), sillimanite [feminine] (French), Sillimanit [masculine] (German), sillimanite [feminine] (Italian), silimanita [feminine] (Spanish)

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