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aluminium silicate en · NOUN
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A chemical compound composed of aluminium, silicon and oxygen, chemical formula Al₂SiO₅, found in minerals and clays in several forms and used commercially as food additive E559 as an anticaking agent.
One of the most famous diagrams in geology is a profoundly simple one that shows the different conditions required to grow one of three mineral varieties of aluminium silicate.
2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 176:
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