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Aluminium silicate (or aluminum silicate) is a name commonly applied to chemical compounds which are derived from aluminium oxide Al2O3 and silicon dioxide SiO2 which may be anhydrous or hydrated naturally occurring as minerals or synthetic. Their chemical formulae are often expressed as xAl2O3.ySiO2.zH2O These include the compounds:- Al2SiO5 (Al2O3.SiO2) which occurs naturally as the minerals andalusite kyanite and sillimanite which have different crystal structures.