kaolinite

English

Kaolinite

Etymology

From kaolin +‎ -ite (see kaolin for more).

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Noun

kaolinite (countable and uncountable, plural kaolinites)

(mineralogy) A common hydrous aluminosilicate mineral found in sediments, soils and sedimentary rocks, Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄; one of the kaolin group of minerals.

Related terms

kaolin, kaoline

Translations

Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄

Catalan: caolinita f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 高嶺石／高岭石 (gāolǐngshí), 觀音土／观音土 (zh) (Guānyīntǔ)
Czech: kaolinit m
Esperanto: kaolinito
Estonian: kaoliniit
Finnish: kaoliniitti (fi)
French: kaolinite (fr) f
German: Kaolinit m
Hindi: चीनी मिट्टी f (cīnī miṭṭī)
Hungarian: kaolinit (hu)
Italian: caolinite f
Japanese: カオリナイト (kaorinaito)
Kazakh: ақсаздық (aqsazdyq), каолинит (kaolinit)
Macedonian: каолини́т m (kaolinít)
Polish: kaolinit (pl) m
Portuguese: caulinita (pt) f
Romanian: caolinit (ro) n
Russian: каолини́т (ru) m (kaolinít)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: каолѝнӣт m

Roman: kaolìnīt (sh) m
Slovak: kaolinit m
Spanish: caolinita f
Turkish: kaolinit (tr)

See also

Further reading

David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Kaolinite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
“kaolinite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

French

Noun

kaolinite f (plural kaolinites)

(mineralogy) kaolinite

Further reading

“kaolinite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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