Definition of Sillimanite. Meaning of Sillimanite. Synonyms of Sillimanite

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Definition of Sillimanite

Sillimanite
Sillimanite Sil"li*man*ite, n. [After Benjamin Siliman, an American meneralogist.] (Min.) Same as Fibrolite.
sillimanite
Fibrolite Fi"bro*lite (? or ?), n. [L. fibra a fiber + -lite: cf. F. fibrolithe.] (Min.) A silicate of alumina, of fibrous or columnar structure. It is like andalusite in composition; -- called also sillimanite, and bucholizite.

Meaning of Sillimanite from wikipedia

- Kyanite Andalusite Sillimanite Sillimanite or fibrolite is an aluminosilicate mineral with the chemical formula Al2SiO5. Sillimanite is named after the...
- Meghalaya, Rajasthan and West Bengal. Granular sillimanite is available in beach sands of South India. Sillimanite refractory bricks are used in steel, gl****...
- sedimentary rock. It is the high pressure polymorph of andalusite and sillimanite, and the presence of kyanite in metamorphic rocks generally indicates...
- It is known as E number E559. Kyanite Andalusite Sillimanite Andalusite, kyanite, and sillimanite are the prin****l aluminium silicate minerals. The...
- and sillimanite, being the lower pressure mid temperature polymorph. At higher temperatures and pressures, andalusite may convert to sillimanite. Thus...
- feldspar and garnet are resistant to mylonitization. Kyanite Andalusite Sillimanite Phase change metamorphism is the creating of a new mineral with the same...
- kyanite, andalusite, and sillimanite – which share the chemical formula Al2SiO5. Kyanite is triclinic, while andalusite and sillimanite are both orthorhombic...
- Lizardite Stichtite Shattuckite Shigaite Shortite Shungite Siderite Sillimanite Simpsonite Sinhalite Smaltite Smithsonite Sodalite Hackmanite (var.)...
- fairly prestigious funerary furniture: axes, pearls, flint tools and sillimanite. It has been classified as a "Monument historique" (National heritage...
- quartz, for example, small crystals of graphite, biotite, iron oxides, sillimanite or feldspar may appear in great numbers. Often the whole of the grains...