Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of scientific terms with Scottish connections).
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LEDIKITE. Geol. Trioctahedral analogue of illite, from biotite (1955 Clay Minerals Bulletin II. 299).
[Named by G. Brown from Ledikin, Aberdeenshire, where it was found.]
