单词 | pyrophyllite |
释义 | pyrophylliten. Mineralogy. An aluminosilicate mineral resembling talc, occurring as white or pale-coloured foliated masses which exfoliate when heated.Pyrophyllite is an aluminium hydroxide and silicate, formula Al2Si4O10(OH)2, with a phyllosilicate structure. Crystal system: monoclinic. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > phyllosilicate > [noun] > pyrophyllite pyrophyllite1830 pencil stone1868 1830 Edinb. New Philos. Jrnl. 8 183 The name pyrophyllite is given to it on account of its exfoliation on exposure to heat. 1860 Proc. 13th Meeting Amer. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 323 The small proportion of water in this rock would seem to indicate some other mineral than pyrophillite. 1875 W. C. Kerr Rep. Geol. Surv. N. Carolina I. 297 Under this head may be placed the beds of argillite, or pyrophyllite slate..popularly called soapstone. 1975 J. R. Tindall & R. Thornhill Blandford Rock & Mineral Guide ii. 96 This structure can extend indefinitely in a two-dimensional network or ‘sheet’; it is found, for example, in the mineral pyrophillite. 1994 M. B. McBride Environmental Chem. Soils ii. 46 It is useful to start with the neutral framework of the talc and pyrophyllite structures. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1830 |
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