chlorite
noun
a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum, ferrous iron, and magnesium, occurring in green platelike crystals or scales.
chloritic
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a word derived from
chlorite.
Example Sentences
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The ore is found in a sort of chloritic slate and iron pyrites which follow the ledge all around.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882 by Various
Some of the heights are of greenish-yellow chloritic felspar, well adapted for brick-making.
From The Land of Midian — Volume 1 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
Among the varieties at the quarry are included pure white, white and pink, blue and white, white and green, serpentinized and chloritic serpentinized marble.
From History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County, Virginia by James William Head
The broken rocks afford sustenance for many plants, the chloritic marl liberated making the ground wonderfully fertile.
From Pictures in Colour of the Isle of Wight by Jarrold and Sons
Microscopically, it consists of minute irregular-shaped particles of a mineral that appears to be the result of a chloritic or talcose alteration of a felspar.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
