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sillimanite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.40 in modern English

Syllables
sil-li-man-ite
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fibrous neosilicate mineral, polymorphic with andalusite and kyanite, with the chemical formula Al₂SiO₅.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

sillimanites (plural)

Synonyms

bucholzite fibrolite

Questions

What does sillimanite mean?
A fibrous neosilicate mineral, polymorphic with andalusite and kyanite, with the chemical formula Al₂SiO₅.
Where does sillimanite come from?
From Silliman + -ite. Named after American chemist and geologist Benjamin Silliman (1779-1864) in 1824.

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