chlorite

Definitions

1. A dark green mineral resembling serpentine, being a mixed silicate of magnesium, iron and aluminium.
   countable, uncountable
2. Any salt of chlorous acid.
   countable

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

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