Relating to or composed of clay; characteristic of clay or clay minerals.
From Latin 'argilla' (clay) plus '-ic' (relating to). A term used in mineralogy and petrology to describe rocks and mineral alterations involving clay.
Argillic alteration is a geological signature that miners look for—it's an invisible marker that hot, mineral-rich water passed through rock, often leaving valuable metal deposits behind!
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