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prochlorite Min.|prəʊˈklɔəraɪt| [f. pro-2 + chlorite1, on account of ‘its being the earliest crystallized kind recognized’ (Dana 1868, 502).] A species of chlorite, occurring in foliated or granular masses of a green colour, translucent or opaque; a hydrous silicate of alumina, iron, and magnesia, crystallizing in the monoclinic system. Allied to ripidolite, and so called in Brit. Mus. Cat.
1867Amer. Jrnl. Sc. Ser. ii. XLIV. 258 It is accordingly designated..Prochlorite. 1900Rosenbusche's Mic. Phys. 285 Prochlorite is crystallographically and optically like clinochlore. |