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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Mica-slate, chloritic slate and the rocks of slaty amphibole contain magnetic sand in the tropical regions of Venezuela, as in the most northern regions of Europe.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 by Alexander von Humboldt
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
The chloritic sand is regarded by many geologists as a littoral deposit of the Chalk Ocean, and therefore contemporaneous with part of the chalk marl, and even, perhaps, with some part of the white chalk.
From The Student's Elements of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell
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 river could still be followed a short distance further upwards; and in its bed there were disjointed fragments of talcose and chloritic rocks.
From The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes by Austin Craig
