Word of the Day:
chlorite
What It Means
A dark green mineral resembling serpentine, being a mixed silicate of magnesium, iron and aluminium.
Any salt of chlorous acid.
Chlorite in Context
“They have been heated enough to impart a delicate blue-green hue, which is because of the abundance of the ‘low-grade’ metamorphic mineral, chlorite.”
Did You Know?
From Ancient Greek χλωρῖτις (khlōrîtis).
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