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sericite

sericite noun: a fine-grained mica found in metamorphic rocks.

Noun

sericite (countable and uncountable, plural sericites)

  1. A fine-grained mica found in metamorphic rocks

Forms of sericite

pluralsericites

Words formed from sericite

Questions about sericite

What does sericite mean?
Sericite means a fine-grained mica found in metamorphic rocks.
What part of speech is sericite?
Sericite is a noun.
What is the plural of sericite?
The plural of sericite is sericites.

Words near sericite in the dictionary

  1. sericigenic
  2. sericigenous
  3. sericin
  4. sericins
  5. sericious
  6. sericite
  7. sericites
  8. sericitic
  9. sericitisation
  10. sericitisations
  11. sericitise

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