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caolinite

caolinite is the alternative form of kaolinite.

Meaning of kaolinite

Noun

kaolinite (countable and uncountable, plural kaolinites)

  1. A common hydrous aluminosilicate mineral found in sediments, soils and sedimentary rocks, Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄; one of the kaolin group of minerals.

Forms of caolinite

pluralcaolinites

Questions about caolinite

What is caolinite the alternative form of?
Caolinite is the alternative form of kaolinite.

Words near caolinite in the dictionary

  1. Caodaists
  2. Caoile
  3. Caoilinn
  4. Caolan
  5. Caoli
  6. caolinite
  7. caolinites
  8. Caor
  9. caoshu
  10. Caouette
  11. Caouettes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: caolinite (page history and authors); kaolinite (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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