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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of scientific terms with Scottish connections).
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MULLITE. Geol. Aluminium silicate, found in phyllite in igneous intrusive rocks (1924 Journal Washington Acad. Science XIV. 183).
[From the island of Mull where it was first found.]
