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Chloritic

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chlo·rite 1  (klôrt, klr-)
n.
A generally green or black secondary mineral, (Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH)8, often formed by metamorphic alteration of primary dark rock minerals, that appears as a spot of green and resembles mica.

[Latin chlrtis, a green precious stone, from Greek khlrtis, from khlros, green; see ghel-2 in Indo-European roots.]

chlo·ritic (klôr-tk, klr-) adj.

chlo·rite 2  (klôrt, klr-)
n.
The inorganic group ClO2 or a salt containing it.


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The Fire Lake Formation, composed mainly of chloritic phyllite of mafic metavolcanic composition (Murphy et al.
Beginning at 67 meters depth, and continuing to 158 meters, the hole intersected mineralization with typical chloritic quartz veining, the interval containing a visual estimate of 1.
85 meter intercept with an average of 40% pyrite in a black chloritic altered felsic tuff, thus explaining the geophysical anomaly.
 
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