Meaning of cymolite | Babel Free

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Rare spelling of cimolite.

alt-of, countable, rare, uncountable

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“Cymolite. Is a substance nearly allied to the preceding [Green Earth] and the following [Fuller’s Earth]; colour white, or with a reddish tinge, adheres to the tongue; in water separates in laminæ, which become translucent; is rare: from Derbyshire.”

“Some similar plates have been obtained with the montmorillonites of St. Jean de Cole (Dordogne), of Confolens (Charente), the “confolensite” of Confolens (Charente), the steargilite of Poitiers (Vienne), the cymolites of the Isle of Cymolis (Greece), and the smectic clays of Reigate (England), and of Styrie.”

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