serpentinite
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
One common reaction is called serpentinization, because it converts olivine into another kind of mineral called serpentinite.
From Science Magazine ● Feb. 15, 2023
Rise says that's not a concern since there will be very little serpentinite in the waste rock.
From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2022
“I honor the right of every nation in this room to pursue its own customs, beliefs, and traditions,” Trump said, from the lofty green serpentinite rostrum overlooking the General Assembly.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 25, 2018
This process creates a marbleized rock that the ancient Romans called verde antico, or what geologists like Klein call serpentinite.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 12, 2018
Hydrothermal alteration of mafic mantle rock, such as olivine and basalt, creates the metamorphic rock serpentinite, a member of the serpentine subgroup of minerals.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
Subduction zone fluxes of halogens and noble gases in seafloor and forearc serpentinites.
From Nature ● Nov. 28, 2017
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
