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chloropals

chloropals is the plural of chloropal.

Meaning of chloropal

Noun

chloropal (plural chloropals)

  1. A massive mineral, greenish in colour and opal-like in appearance, essentially a hydrous silicate of iron.
    • A careful consideration of the various analyses of minerals of the chloropal group given by Dana, leads me, therefore, to propose that the following species and varieties should be regarded as a series of types to which all future discoveries in the group may be referred.1877, J. H. Collins, “Remarks on Gramenite from Smallacombe, and on the Chloropal Group of Minerals”, in The Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, page 70

Questions about chloropals

What is chloropals the plural of?
Chloropals is the plural of chloropal.

Words near chloropals in the dictionary

  1. chloronychia
  2. chlorooctane
  3. chloropal
  4. chloropalladate
  5. chloropalladates
  6. chloropals
  7. chloroparaffin
  8. chloropentane
  9. chloropercha
  10. chloroperchas
  11. chloroperlid

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