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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One of several imperfectly determined minerals, or mixtures of minerals, all of which are hydrous silicates of alumina, and closely related to or identical with kaolin and kaolinite.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A clay of a fine smooth texture, and very sectile.

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  • noun kaolinite

Etymologies

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litho- + Latin marga marl.

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