schorlaceousadj.
/ʃɔːˈleɪʃəs/ Mineralogy.
Of the nature of schorl.
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1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 89 A fibrous or striated limestone..which consists of asbestine or shorlaceous particles.
1839 H. T. De la Beche Rep. Geol. Cornwall vi. 157 It is very frequently porphyritic and here and there schorlaceous.
1886 F. H. Butler in Mineral. Mag. Dec. 79 The black highly schorlaceous rock.
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