imogolite
English
Etymology
Japanese 芋子 (imogo, “brownish-yellow soil derived from volcanic ash”) + -lite.
Noun
imogolite (countable and uncountable, plural imogolites)
- (mineralogy) An aluminium silicate clay mineral found in soils formed from volcanic ash.
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Imogolite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “imogolite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.