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 compact rock, in which calcite and sericite predominate.
From The Long Labrador Trail by Wallace, Dillon
A fine grained compact gray rock, of aggregate structure, consisting chiefly of quartz, plagioclase and biotite, and the alteration products epidote and sericite.
From The Long Labrador Trail by Wallace, Dillon
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 Wallace, Dillon
Alunite is a potassium-aluminum sulphate, which differs from sericite in that sulphur takes the place of silicon.
From The Economic Aspect of Geology by Leith, C. K. (Charles Kenneth)
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