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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of scientific terms with Scottish connections).
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DICKITE. Geol. A hydrated aluminium silicate, a variant of kaolinite (1930 U.S. Geol. Survey Pap. 165, 151).
[Called by C. Ross and P. F. Kerr after Allan B. Dick, of Edinburgh (1833–1926), who first described it in 1888.]
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