different between chlorite vs chloritic

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (khl?rîtis).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?kl?????t/

Noun

chlorite (countable and uncountable, plural chlorites)

1. (mineralogy) A dark green mineral resembling serpentine, being a mixed silicate of magnesium, iron and aluminium.
   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 177:

     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.

2. (chemistry, countable) Any salt of chlorous acid.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Clothier, clothier

French

Noun

chlorite m (plural chlorites)

1. (inorganic chemistry) chlorite (salt of chlorous acid)

Noun

chlorite f (plural chlorites)

1. (mineralogy) chlorite

Further reading

• “chlorite” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

chlorite +? -ic

Adjective

chloritic (not comparable)

1. containing chlorite

Anagrams

• trochilic