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Webster 1913 Edition

Chlorite

Chlo′rite

,
Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] (sc. [GREEK]), fr.
χλωρόσ
light green.]
(Min.)
The name of a group of minerals, usually of a green color and micaceous to granular in structure. They are hydrous silicates of alumina, iron, and magnesia.
Chlorite slate
,
a schistose or slaty rock consisting of alumina, iron, and magnesia.

Chlo′rite

,
Noun.
[
Chlor
ous +
-ite
.]
(Chem.)
Any salt of chlorous acid;
as,
chlorite
of sodium
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Chlorite

CHLORITE

,
Noun.
A mineral of a grass green color, opake, usually friable or easily pulverized, composed of little spangles, scales, prisms or shining small grains. It is classed by Kirwan with the muriatic genus. There are four subspecies, chlorite earth, common chlorite, chlorite slate, and foliated chlorite.

Definition 2025

Chlorite

Chlorite

See also: chlorite

German

Noun

Chlorite

  1. plural of Chlorit

chlorite

chlorite

See also: Chlorite

English

Noun

chlorite ‎(plural chlorites)

  1. (mineralogy) A dark green mineral resembling serpentine, being a mixed silicate of magnesium, iron and aluminium.
    • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 177:
      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. (chemistry) Any salt of chlorous acid.

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French

Noun

chlorite m ‎(plural chlorites)

  1. chlorite (salt of chlorous acid)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χλωρῖτις ‎(khlōrîtis).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈklɔːɹʌɪt/

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