saliotite

English

Etymology

Pierre Saliot (“French geologist”) +‎ -ite

Noun

saliotite (uncountable)

  1. (mineralogy) A monoclinic phyllosilicate mineral in the smectite group with a pearly lustre.

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

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