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cimolite Min.|ˈsɪməʊlaɪt|
[f. L. Cimōlia (Gr. κιµωλία (γῆ)), a soft earth found in the island of Cimolus, now Argentiera: see -ite.]
A very soft hydrous silicate of alumina, white, grey, or reddish, allied to fuller's earth.
1801tr. Klaproth's Ess. 248 Cimolie earth (Cimolia Plinii), or the Cimolite, as I shall call it. 1850Daubeny Atom. Th. xii. (ed. 2) 405 Silicic acid, with a single base containing 3 atoms of oxygen to 2 of the radical..Example, Cimolite. 1886Erni Min. 305 Cimolite is tough. |