kaolinite

From kaolin +‎ -ite (see kaolin for more).

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kaolinite (countable and uncountable, plural kaolinites)

1. (mineralogy) A common hydrous aluminosilicate mineral found in sediments, soils and sedimentary rocks, Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄; one of the kaolin group of minerals.

• kaolin, kaoline, lithomarge, lithomarga, china clay, paper clay

• dickite
• halloysite
• nacrite

• David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Kaolinite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “kaolinite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.

kaolinite f (plural kaolinites)

1. (mineralogy) kaolinite

• “kaolinite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.