Definition/Meaning of cimolite

• English - Noun: cimolite ( countable and uncountable , plural cimolites ) ( mineralogy ) A soft clayey mineral of whitish or greyish colour .
• English - Alternative forms: Cimolite cymolite ( erroneous , rare )
• English - Etymology: First attested in 1801; formed as Latin Cimōlia (from the Ancient Greek Κιμωλία γῆ ( Kimōlía gê , “ earth of Cimolus ” ) — Cimōlus being the former name of Argentiera ) + English -ite .