serpentinize
verb (used with object)
to convert (a mineral or rock) into serpentine.
serpentinization
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a word derived from
serpentinize.
Example Sentences
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Instead, it will focus on ways to artificially stimulate one of the main hydrogen producing reactions, called serpentinization, which occurs when water encounters iron-rich rocks at high temperatures and pressures.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 7, 2023
One common reaction is called serpentinization, because it converts olivine into another kind of mineral called serpentinite.
From Science Magazine ● Feb. 15, 2023
The Lost City vents were found to arise by a process termed serpentinization — a chemical interaction between water and a type of rock called peridotite that contains minerals enriched in magnesium, iron and silica.
From Nature ● Nov. 6, 2018
The gradient of temperature can reach more than 200 °C at the site of the serpentinization reaction4.
From Nature ● Nov. 6, 2018
The blue ground of S. Africa may be 163 the result of the serpentinization of several such rocks, and although now both brecciated and serpentinized some of these may have been the original matrix.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various
