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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 sodiumWebster 1828 Edition
Chlorite
CHLORITE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Chlorite
chlorite
chlorite
See also: Chlorite
English
Noun
chlorite (plural chlorites)
- (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.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 177:
- (chemistry) Any salt of chlorous acid.
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Translations
mineral
salt of chlorous acid