Meaning of nemalite | Babel Free

Definitions

A variety of brucite, occurring in slender fibers which are elastic and easily separated, having a color of white with a shade of yellow and a highly silky luster.

uncountable, usually

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Examples

“In the mineral kingdom [Magnesium] is found in a native state, combined with water, though this is not a common mineral. The siliceous hydrate, or nemalite, is still rarer. The carbonate is far more common;[…].”

“The specimens examined by me had the ordinary external characters of nemalite, consisting of adhering fibres of a fine silky lustre, and white colour, with a shade of yellow and partial slight blue or green tinge.”

“Several thousand specimens have⟳ been quarried from the serpentine and trap⟳ Ridges in New Jersey, under the direction of Professor Leeds of the Stevens Institute. They consist⟳ of nemalites, occurring in translucent masses made up of long, silky fibers;[…].”

“As nemalite and chrysotile are usually found under similar conditions—in the form⟳ of veins traversing serpentine—it seems not unnatural that the two allied magnesian fibrous minerals should co-exist intimately mixed in the same vein,[…].”

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