smectite

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek [Term?] (“to rub”) +‎ -ite

Noun

smectite (countable and uncountable, plural smectites)

  1. (mineralogy) Any of many clay phyllosilicate minerals that have a relatively open structure.

Translations

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

French

Noun

smectite f (plural smectites)

  1. (mineralogy) smectite

Italian

Noun

smectite f (plural smectiti)

  1. (mineralogy) smectite
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