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delessite

delessite noun: a magnesium-rich form of chamosite that is a member of the chlorite group.

Noun

delessite (countable and uncountable, plural delessites)

  1. A magnesium-rich form of chamosite that is a member of the chlorite group.
    • Several delessites and chloropals occurring in basalts have a composition very close to that of the glass.1905, B. K. Emerson, “Plumose diabase and palagonite from the Holyoke trap sheet”, in Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, volume 16, page 105

Forms of delessite

pluraldelessites

Origin of delessite

From Delesse + -ite, after Achille Delesse

Words formed from delessite

Questions about delessite

What does delessite mean?
Delessite means a magnesium-rich form of chamosite that is a member of the chlorite group.
What part of speech is delessite?
Delessite is a noun.
What is the plural of delessite?
The plural of delessite is delessites.

Words near delessite in the dictionary

  1. deleptonization
  2. deleptonizations
  3. deles
  4. DeLesseps
  5. delesseriaceous
  6. delessite
  7. delessites
  8. delessitic
  9. deletability
  10. deletable
  11. deletables

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