dickite

English

Etymology

Dick +‎ -ite after Allan Brugh Dick (1833-1926), Scottish metallurgical chemist.

Noun

dickite (uncountable)

  1. (mineralogy) A phyllosilicate clay mineral chemically composed of aluminium, silicon, hydrogen and oxygen.

Further reading
  • “Dickite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • “dickite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.

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