Chlorite
//ˈklɔːˌɹaɪt// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A dark green mineral resembling serpentine, being a mixed silicate of magnesium, iron and aluminium. countable, uncountable
"They have been heated enough to impart a delicate blue-green hue, which is because of the abundance of the ‘low-grade’ metamorphic mineral, chlorite."
- 2 a generally green or black mineral; it occurs as a constituent of many rocks typically in the form of a flat crystal wordnet
- 3 Any salt of chlorous acid. countable
Example
More examples"They have been heated enough to impart a delicate blue-green hue, which is because of the abundance of the ‘low-grade’ metamorphic mineral, chlorite."
Etymology
From Ancient Greek χλωρῖτις (khlōrîtis).
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