illite

About 0.23 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A micaceous phyllosilicate clay mineral with aggregates of grey or white monoclinic crystals.

Similar words

smectite montmorillonite diagenetic crystallinity ilesite oolite lutite idrialite ixiolite illitization

Often followed by

and is in crystallinity or are content clay with

Word family

illites illitic