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
A dark red, finely laminated rock consisting chiefly of decomposed biotite and feldspar, occasional quartz grains and sericite and much iron oxide.
From The Long Labrador Trail by Wallace, Dillon
There is some sericite present, also magnetite, resulting from the decomposition of the biotite.
From The Long Labrador Trail by Wallace, Dillon
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
The wall rocks have undergone a "propylitic" alteration, with development of chlorite, epidote, and probably sericite, much as at Butte.
From The Economic Aspect of Geology by Leith, C. K. (Charles Kenneth)
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