imogolite

English

Etymology

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

Noun

imogolite (countable and uncountable, plural imogolites)

  1. (mineralogy) An aluminium silicate clay mineral found in soils formed from volcanic ash.

Further reading

  • “Imogolite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • imogolite mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016
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