Imogolite

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An aluminium silicate clay mineral found in soils formed from volcanic ash. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Japanese 芋子 (imogo, “brownish-yellow soil derived from volcanic ash”) + -lite.

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aluminium silicate

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