sericite
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of sericite
From the German word Sericit, dating back to 1850–55. See seric-, -ite 1
Example Sentences
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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 ● Nov. 4, 2010
There is also a small amount of hematite, pyroxene and sericite.
From The Long Labrador Trail by Dillon Wallace
In the hand specimen it is an apparently pure orthoclase but in the thin section small scattered quartz grains are observed; as well as the alteration products, Kaolin and sericite.
From The Long Labrador Trail by Dillon Wallace
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 Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various
A dark compact rock, in which calcite and sericite predominate.
From The Long Labrador Trail by Dillon Wallace
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