cimoliten.
/ˈsɪməʊlʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
A very soft hydrous silicate of alumina, white, grey, or reddish, allied to fuller's earth.
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1801 tr. Klaproth's Ess. 248 Cimolie earth (Cimolia Plinii), or the Cimolite, as I shall call it.
1850 C. G. B. Daubeny Introd. Atomic Theory (ed. 2) xii. 405 Silicic acid, with a single base containing 3 atoms of oxygen to 2 of the radical..Example, Cimolite.
1886 Erni Min. Simplified 305 Cimolite is tough.
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