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Acronym formed from the initial letters of the minerals kaolinite, nacrite, dickite + -ite.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Any of a group of clay minerals that includes halloysite. Full definition →
Acronym formed from the initial letters of the minerals kaolinite, nacrite, dickite + -ite.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.