Definition of Nacrite

1. Noun. (minerology) A basic aluminium silicate clay that is a polymorph of kaolinite ¹

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Definition of Nacrite

1. a clay mineral [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nacrite

nachos
nack
nacked
nacker
nacket
nackets
nacking
nacks
nacolomab tafenatox
nacre
nacred
nacreous
nacreous cloud
nacreous ichthyosis
nacres
nacrite (current term)
nacrites
nacroleptic
nacroleptics
nacrous
nada
nadas
nadder
nadders
nadgers
nadide
nadir
nadiral
nadired

Literary usage of Nacrite

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A System of Mineralogy: In which Minerals are Arranged According to the by ROBERT. JAMESON (1820)
"This rare mineral is named nacrite by Brongniart, which name is here adopted, in preference to that of Earthy Talc, the name given to it by Werner. ..."

2. Mineralogy and Chemistry by John Lawrence Smith (1873)
"TETRAHEDRITE, TENNANTITE, AND nacrite, OF THE KELLOGG MINES OF ARKANSAS. A short time since Prof. ET Cox, of Indiana, sent to me an antimonial copper-ore ..."

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