Aluminium silicate
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Aluminum silicate is a name commonly applied to chemical compounds which are derived from aluminium oxide, Al2O3 and silicon dioxide, SiO2 which may be anhydrous or hydrated, naturally occurring as mi
Aluminium silicate
Sillimanite
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Sillimanite or fibrolite is an aluminosilicate mineral with the chemical formula Al2SiO5. Sillimanite is named after the American chemist Benjamin Silliman. It was first described in 1824 for an occur
Aluminium silicate
…as minerals or synthetic. Their chemical formulae are often expressed as xAl2O3·ySiO2·zH2O. It is known as E number E559. Andalusite, kyanite, and sillimanite are the principal aluminium silicate minerals. The triple point of the three polymorphs is located at a temperature of 500 °C (932 °F) and a pressure…
Sillimanite k 302a
Silimanite crystal from Sri Lanka
Fibrolite micrograph