different between neosilicate vs sillimanite

neosilicate

English

Etymology

From neo- +? silicate

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: neo?sili?cate

Noun

neosilicate (uncountable)

  1. (inorganic chemistry) any simple silicate mineral in which the SiO4 tetrahedra are isolated and have metal ions as neighbours

Hypernyms

  • silicate

neosilicate From the web:

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  • what is nesosilicate mineral


sillimanite

English

Etymology

From Silliman +? -ite. Named after American chemist and geologist Benjamin Silliman (1779-1864) in 1824.

Noun

sillimanite (countable and uncountable, plural sillimanites)

  1. (mineralogy) A fibrous neosilicate mineral, polymorphic with andalusite and kyanite, with the chemical formula Al2SiO5.

Synonyms

  • bucholzite
  • fibrolite

Translations

Further reading

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Sillimanite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
  • “sillimanite”, in Mindat.org?[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

French

Noun

sillimanite f (plural sillimanites)

  1. (mineralogy) sillimanite

Italian

Noun

sillimanite f (plural sillimaniti)

  1. (mineralogy) sillimanite

sillimanite From the web:

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  • what can sillimanite be used for
  • what is sillimanite made up of
  • what are sillimanite rocks
  • what does sillimanite mean
  • what forms sillimanite
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