serpentiniten.
/ˈsəːpəntɪnʌɪt/ Geology.
A rock consisting largely of serpentine or related minerals.
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1936 G. C. Selfridge in Amer. Mineralogist 21 463 The term serpentinite is suggested for rocks composed of serpentine or antigorite or a mixture of both.
1956 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 254 201 Bare roches moutonées of serpentinite stand out from the heather.
1965 G. J. Williams Econ. Geol. N.Z. x. 143/1 Serpentinite is quarried in considerable quantity in New Zealand for the manufacture of ‘serpentine-superphosphate’.
1977 A. Hallam Planet Earth 137 Serpentinites are rocks originally very rich in olivine that has been entirely converted to serpentine.
Derivatives
serpentiˈnitic adj.
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1975 Nature 25 Dec. 701/2 The ubiquitous association of ultrabasic (mostly serpentinitic) rocks with glaucophane-schists may be represented here by the serpentinite-dunite of Gibbs Island and the glaucophane-schists of Smith Island.
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