Min. [f. L. Cimōlia (Gr. Κιμωλία (γῆ)), a soft earth found in the island of Cimolus, now Argentiera: see -ITE.] A very soft hydrous silicate of alumina, white, gray, or reddish, allied to fuller’s earth.
1801. trans. Klaproth’s Ess. Min., 248. The Cimolic earth (Cimolia Plinii), or the Cimolite, as I shall call it for the sake of brevity.
1850. Daubeny, Atom. The., xii. (ed. 2), 404–5. Silicic acid, with a single base containing 3 atoms of oxygen to 2 of the radical…. Example: Cimolite.
1885. Erni, Min. Simplified, 305. Cimolite is tough.
