leptochlorite
leptochlorite noun: a chlorite that contains mostly ferric iron rather than ferrous iron. Leptochlorites are typically richer in trivalent ions relative to silicon and divalent ions.
Noun
leptochlorite (plural leptochlorites)
- A chlorite that contains mostly ferric iron rather than ferrous iron. Leptochlorites are typically richer in trivalent ions relative to silicon and divalent ions.
- Analysis I is incomplete, but analysis II may be readily recalculated into leptochlorite made up of mixtures of the following moleculas in the proportion indicated […]1914, Victor Ziegler, The Minerals of the Black Hills (South Dakota School of Mines Bulletin No. 10), page 181
- […] contemporaneous with gold are gilbertite, leptochlorite, tourmaline, iron sulphides, feldspar, (rare) carbonates, and quartz; post gold minerals are quartz, zinc and lead sulphides, and many others of geophases K and L.2012, Robert W. Boyle, Gold: History and Genesis of Deposits, page 108
Forms of leptochlorite
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Origin of leptochlorite
From lepto- + chlorite.
Questions about leptochlorite
- What does leptochlorite mean?
- Leptochlorite means a chlorite that contains mostly ferric iron rather than ferrous iron. Leptochlorites are typically richer in trivalent ions relative to silicon and divalent ions.
- What part of speech is leptochlorite?
- Leptochlorite is a noun.
- What is the plural of leptochlorite?
- The plural of leptochlorite is leptochlorites.
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