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chlorite
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CHLORITE
n.A mineral of a grass green color, opake, usually friable or easily pulverized, composed of little spangles, scales, prisms or shining small grains. It is classed by Kirwan with the muriatic genus. There are four subspecies, chlorite earth, common chlorite, chlorite slate, and foliated chlorite.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CHLORITE
Chlo "rite, n. Etym: [Gr. (Min. )
Defn: The name of a group of minerals, usually of a green color and micaceous to granular in structure. They are hydrous silicates of alumina, iron, and magnesia. Chlorite slate, a schistose or slaty rock consisting of alumina, iron, and magnesia.
CHLORITE
Chlo "rite, n. Etym: [Chlorous + -ite.] (Chem. )
Defn: Any salt of chlorous acid; as, chlorite of sodium.
New American Oxford Dictionary
chlorite
chlo rite 1 |ˈklôrˌīt ˈklɔraɪt | ▶noun a dark green mineral consisting of a basic hydrated aluminosilicate of magnesium and iron. It occurs as a constituent of many metamorphic rocks, typically forming flat crystals resembling mica. DERIVATIVES chlo rit ic |klôrˈitik |adjective ORIGIN late 18th cent.: via Latin from Greek khlōritis, a green precious stone.
chlorite
chlo rite 2 |ˈklɔraɪt ˈklôrˌīt | ▶noun Chemistry a salt of chlorous acid, containing the anion ClO 2. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from chlorine + -ite 1 .
Oxford Dictionary
chlorite
chlorite 1 |ˈklɔːrʌɪt | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a dark green mineral consisting of a basic hydrated aluminosilicate of magnesium and iron. It occurs as a constituent of many rocks, typically forming flat crystals resembling mica. DERIVATIVES chloritic |-ˈrɪtɪk |adjective ORIGIN late 18th cent.: via Latin from Greek khlōritis, a green precious stone.
chlorite
chlorite 2 |ˈklɔːrʌɪt | ▶noun Chemistry a salt of chlorous acid, containing the anion ClO 2 −. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from chlorine + -ite 1 .
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