Usually means: Clay mineral, potassium, aluminum silicate.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. illite: Merriam-Webster
  2. illite: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. illite: Collins English Dictionary
  4. illite: Wiktionary
  5. illite: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. illite: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. illite: Dictionary.com
  8. Illite: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. illite: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. illite: Encyclopedia

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Illite: Ceramic Glossary Database
  2. illite: Canadian Soil Information System
  3. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See illitic as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (illite)

noun:  (mineralogy) A micaceous phyllosilicate clay mineral with aggregates of grey or white monoclinic crystals.

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