Min. [f. the Vaal River, S. Africa, + -ITE1 2 b; named by Maskelyne.] A variety of vermiculite.

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1874.  Maskelyne, in Geol. Soc. Lond., XXX. 409. Vaalite … occurs in hexagonal prisms, the angles of which are nearly 60° and 120°.

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