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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SILLIMANITE

Named after Benjamin Silliman (1779–1864), US chemist.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SILLIMANITE

sillimanite  [ˈsɪlɪməˌnaɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SILLIMANITE

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pronoun
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conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sillimanite is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SILLIMANITE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

sillimanite

Sillimanite

Sillimanite is an alumino-silicate mineral with the chemical formula Al2SiO5. Sillimanite is named after the American chemist Benjamin Silliman. It was first described in 1824 for an occurrence in Chester, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA.

Definition of sillimanite in the English dictionary

The definition of sillimanite in the dictionary is a white, brown, or green fibrous mineral that consists of aluminium silicate in orthorhombic crystalline form and occurs in metamorphic rocks. Formula: Al2SiO5.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SILLIMANITE


aconite
ˈækəˌnaɪt
amblygonite
æmˈblɪɡəˌnaɪt
ammonite
ˈæməˌnaɪt
antimonite
ˈæntɪməˌnaɪt
austenite
ˈɔːstəˌnaɪt
bentonite
ˈbɛntəˌnaɪt
Buchmanite
ˈbʊkməˌnaɪt
colemanite
ˈkəʊlməˌnaɪt
Friedmanite
ˈfriːdməˌnaɪt
germanite
ˈdʒɜːməˌnaɪt
hessonite
ˈhɛsəˌnaɪt
kryptonite
ˈkrɪptəˌnaɪt
limonite
ˈlaɪməˌnaɪt
Masonite
ˈmeɪsəˌnaɪt
Mennonite
ˈmɛnəˌnaɪt
suburbanite
səˈbɜːbəˌnaɪt
taconite
ˈtækəˌnaɪt
tanzanite
ˈtænzəˌnaɪt
tiemannite
ˈtiːməˌnaɪt
wollastonite
ˈwʊləstəˌnaɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SILLIMANITE

silky oak
silky terrier
sill
sillabub
silladar
siller
sillibub
sillier
sillies
silliest
sillily
silliness
Sillitoe
sillock
Sills
silly
silly money
silly season
silly-billy
silo

WORDS THAT END LIKE SILLIMANITE

allanite
basanite
Canaanite
cyanite
granite
infinite
kyanite
luxulianite
manganite
melanite
Michiganite
Midianite
morganite
strontianite
sylvanite
torbanite
uranite
urbanite
vesuvianite
vivianite
vulcanite

Synonyms and antonyms of sillimanite in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sillimanite» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SILLIMANITE

Find out the translation of sillimanite to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sillimanite from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sillimanite» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

硅线石
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

silimanita
570 millions of speakers

English

sillimanite
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सिलीमेनाइट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

السليمانيت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

силлиманитовый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sillimanite
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

sillimanite
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sillimanite
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sillimanite
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sillimanit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

シリマナイト
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

규선석
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sillimanite
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

silimanite
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

sillimanite
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Sillimanite
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sillimanit
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sillimanite
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sylimanit
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сілліманітовий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

silimanit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σιλιμανίτης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sillimanite
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sillimanit
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sillimanitt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sillimanite

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SILLIMANITE»

The term «sillimanite» is regularly used and occupies the 100.097 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SILLIMANITE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «sillimanite» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «sillimanite» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sillimanite

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SILLIMANITE»

Discover the use of sillimanite in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sillimanite and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Rock-Forming Minerals: Orthosilicates, Volume 1A:
An enstatite-cordierite- sillimanite- quartz rock has been described from a granulite facies terrain in Zimbabwe by Chinner and Sweatman (1968) who interpret this paragenesis as representing retrogressive metamorphism from an ensta- ...
William Alexander Deer, Robert Andrew Howie, J. Zussman, 1982
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Mineral Processing Technology Mpt-2005
Sillimanite as A Co-Product From Indian Mineral Sand Industry: Problems and Prospects K Chandrakala, S Mohan Rao, Ch V G K Murthy and P. Panigrahi Research & Development, Tata Steel Jamshedpur-831001, India Abstract Sillimanite, ...
Venugopal, 2005
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New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
The sillimanite isograds have been frequently mapped in two ways. One method deals with the boundary between kyanite or andalusite and sillimanite, and is called the sillimanite isograd or first sillimanite isograd. The temperature and ...
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Geological Survey Professional Paper
land, Kenya, Liberia, Namibia, Norway, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, the U.S.S.R., and Zimbabwe. South Africa is the world's leading producer of andalusite, and its reserves of andalusite and sillimanite are about 105 million metric tons ...
‎1990
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Rock-forming Minerals: Micas
Micas and siliceous melts The interactions of muscovite with siliceous melts are of interest for understanding the petrogenesis of the granulite facies sillimanite-K- feldspar zone in the prograde sequence and the generation of anatectic melts.
M. E. Fleet, William Alexander Deer, Robert Andrew Howie, 2003
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Continental Reactivation and Reworking
Where S2 deformation is more intense, a biotite-sillimanite ± ilmenite fabric envelops and overgrows Ml garnet, sillimanite and biotite, and Ml garnet is significantly fractured and corroded and replaced by M2 biotite ± sillimanite. Spinel is ...
Jodie A. Miller, 2001
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Emerging Trends in Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy
The finer sillimanite associated with spiral concentrate fraction is further treated in Secondary Floatex followed by wet tabling to separate the finer sillimanite. In this way, zircon concentrate of higher quality with optimum recovery of zircon is ...
‎2005
8
Rock-forming Minerals in Thin Section
Brush-like aggregates of fibrous sillimanite are called fibrolite (Fig. 229). Fibrolite can be kinked or bent. Cleavage: perfect on (010), only visible in larger crystals; cleavage traces run diagonally across the pseudotetragonal cross-section.
Hans Pichler, Cornelia Schmitt-Riegraf, 1997
9
Rock-Forming Minerals: Disilicates and Ring Silicates, Volume 1B
Cordierite-biotite, cordierite-sillimanite, cordierite-garnet-biotite-sillimanite and cordierite-garnet-sillimanite assemblages are present in the regionally metamorphosed rocks of the 0pinicon Lake region, southeastern 0ntario, Canada (Currie, ...
William Alexander Deer, Robert Andrew Howie, J. Zussman, 1997
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Precambrian Geology of the Tobacco Root Mountains, Montana
Grant (1968) and Lai and Moorhouse ( 1969), for example, suggested that partial melting of a K-feldspar- plagioclase-biotite-sillimanite-cordierite assemblage may yield a granitic melt plus an anthophyllite residuum. Winkler (1968) noted the ...
John Brady, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SILLIMANITE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sillimanite is used in the context of the following news items.
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India's WPI touches 2.40 pct in June
The index for 'Minerals' group rose by 0.3 percent to 248.5 (provisional) from 247.7 (provisional) for the previous month due to higher price of sillimanite (17%), ... «indiablooms, Jul 15»
2
Rich Mineral Deposit Augurs Well for Industrial Sector in the State
There is a recoverable quantity of 45.64 mn tonnes of Ilmenite 1.02 million tonnes of Rutile, 0.977 mn tonnes of Zircon and 4.03 mn tonnes of Sillimanite ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
3
Research report explores the andalusite market trends and forecast …
Andalusite is an aluminum nesosilicate mineral belonging to the sillimanite family and found in metamorphic rocks. It is a polymorph with two other minerals: ... «WhaTech, Jul 15»
4
Andalusite Market - Global Industry Size, Share, Segments Analysis …
Since it is polymorph, it has similar chemical composition but different physical structure as compared to kyanite and sillimanite. Andalusite is commonly used for ... «Digital Journal, Jun 15»
5
UKCS – Little change in another quiet year
Wintershall spudded exploration well 44/19a-8 early May, targeting the Sillimanite prospect and utilising the Ensco 121, which had been mobilised from the ... «Energy Voice, Jun 15»
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Tamil Nadu holds key to India's nuclear energy dreams
... rutile, leucoxene, garnet, sillimanite, zircon and monazite. These minerals are used in several industries from steel and electronics to jewellery and ceramics. «The Asian Age, Jun 15»
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'Delaware Rocks!' exhibit truly down-to-earth
... a “rock hound” from the Delaware Mineralogical Society, who wanted to know if the museum wanted a large specimen of sillimanite, Delaware's state mineral, ... «Chadds Ford Live, May 15»
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State gets Rs 819-cr deficit budget
... tonne, fire clay from Rs 5 to Rs 20 per metric tonne and sillimanite from Rs 300 to Rs 350 per metric tonne for the purpose of supporting primary education. «The Shillong Times, Mar 15»
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Graphite One – Potentially Benefitting from the “Alaska Effect”
According to the authors of the NI43-101 resource estimate the historical sampling suggests that the sillimanite-garnet-biotite-quartz schist has massive 'high ... «InvestorIntel, Feb 15»
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Pact to explore minerals
While sillimanite is used in refractory, blast furnace, ceramics and in the spark plug, garnet is used for abrasive blasting, ship building and repair and water jet ... «Calcutta Telegraph, Feb 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Sillimanite [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/sillimanite>. Apr 2024 ».
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