Min. [See prec. and -ITE1 2 b.] A kind of fuller’s earth.
1811. J. Pinkerton, Petral., I. 278. [Iconite contains] a combination which nearly corresponds with the smectite of Cimolus.
1868. Watts, Dict. Chem., Smectite, a term … applied … more particularly to an argillaceous mineral from Cilly in Lower Styria,… and another from Condé in France.
