sericite
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- sericitic adjective
Etymology
Origin of sericite
From the German word Sericit, dating back to 1850–55. See seric-, -ite 1
Example Sentences
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When this substance can be resolved by the microscope it proves to consist usually of zoisite or epidote, with garnet and albite, but mixed with it are also chlorite, amphibole, serpentine, prehnite, sericite and other minerals.
From Project Gutenberg
Their hornblende in microscopic section is usually dark green, rarely brownish; their felspar may be clear and recrystallized, but more frequently is converted into a turbid aggregate of epidote, zoisite, quartz, sericite and albite.
From Project Gutenberg
They are gray in the center, white in the surrounding zone of quartz sericite and green in the outer zone, as Lowell explains the theory.
From BusinessWeek
Weathering produces epidote, calcite, sericite and kaolin.
From Project Gutenberg
Their olivine tends to become serpentinized; their augite changes to chlorite and uralite; their felspars are clouded by formation of zeolites, calcite, sericite and epidote.
From Project Gutenberg
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