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delessites

delessites is the plural of delessite.

Meaning of delessite

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

Questions about delessites

What is delessites the plural of?
Delessites is the plural of delessite.

Words near delessites in the dictionary

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

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