serpentinize
Americanverb (used with object)
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Etymology
Origin of serpentinize
First recorded in 1785–95; serpentine 2 + -ize
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One natural catalyst is magnetite, produced when olivine is serpentinized.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 7, 2023
Seawater cycled throughout Earth’s mantle in partially serpentinized lithosphere.
From Nature ● Nov. 28, 2017
Among the varieties at the quarry are included pure white, white and pink, blue and white, white and green, serpentinized and chloritic serpentinized marble.
From History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County, Virginia by Head, James William
Their olivine tends to become serpentinized; their augite changes to chlorite and uralite; their felspars are clouded by formation of zeolites, calcite, sericite and epidote.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" by Various
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
However, whether such abiotic generation of amino acids can occur in serpentinizing hydrothermal vents was unknown.
From Nature ● Nov. 6, 2018
Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus has many of the chemical properties known to support life19,20 that are seen in serpentinizing environments such as those of Lost City.
From Nature ● Nov. 6, 2018
Writing in Nature, Ménez et al.6 report an analysis of rocky material below the ocean floor at sites called serpentinizing hydrothermal vents, which are hot springs that discharge alkaline, gas-rich water.
From Nature ● Nov. 6, 2018
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