Definition of sericite in English:

sericite

noun ˈsɛrɪsʌɪtˈserəˌsīt

mass noun

A fine-grained fibrous variety of muscovite, found chiefly in schist.
Example sentencesExamples
- The nearby K - 2 deposit is very similar to the Kettle and contains, besides quartz, veins with calcite, ferroan dolomite, and minor chlorite, potassium feldspar, adularia, sericite, pyrite, and barite.
- The matrix is dominated by sericite, chlorite and quartz.
- At some locations sericite completely pseudomorphs topaz and the feldspars.
- The samples from the andesitic units, occurring as tectonic lenses in the greywacke sequence, exhibit plagioclase phenocrysts altered to sericite, calcite and epidote, set in a matrix of chloritized pyroxene and amphibole.
- Many of the grains are partially to entirely replaced by fine-grained sericite and quartz.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Latin sericum 'silk' + -ite¹.

Definition of sericite in US English:

sericite

nounˈserəˌsīt

A fine-grained fibrous variety of muscovite formed by the alteration of feldspar, found chiefly in schist and in hydrothermally altered rock.
Example sentencesExamples
- At some locations sericite completely pseudomorphs topaz and the feldspars.
- Many of the grains are partially to entirely replaced by fine-grained sericite and quartz.
- The samples from the andesitic units, occurring as tectonic lenses in the greywacke sequence, exhibit plagioclase phenocrysts altered to sericite, calcite and epidote, set in a matrix of chloritized pyroxene and amphibole.
- The matrix is dominated by sericite, chlorite and quartz.
- The nearby K - 2 deposit is very similar to the Kettle and contains, besides quartz, veins with calcite, ferroan dolomite, and minor chlorite, potassium feldspar, adularia, sericite, pyrite, and barite.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Latin sericum ‘silk’ + -ite.

单词	sericite
释义	Definition of sericite in English: sericite noun ˈsɛrɪsʌɪtˈserəˌsīt mass noun A fine-grained fibrous variety of muscovite, found chiefly in schist. Example sentencesExamples The nearby K - 2 deposit is very similar to the Kettle and contains, besides quartz, veins with calcite, ferroan dolomite, and minor chlorite, potassium feldspar, adularia, sericite, pyrite, and barite. The matrix is dominated by sericite, chlorite and quartz. At some locations sericite completely pseudomorphs topaz and the feldspars. The samples from the andesitic units, occurring as tectonic lenses in the greywacke sequence, exhibit plagioclase phenocrysts altered to sericite, calcite and epidote, set in a matrix of chloritized pyroxene and amphibole. Many of the grains are partially to entirely replaced by fine-grained sericite and quartz. Origin Mid 19th century: from Latin sericum 'silk' + -ite¹. Definition of sericite in US English: sericite nounˈserəˌsīt A fine-grained fibrous variety of muscovite formed by the alteration of feldspar, found chiefly in schist and in hydrothermally altered rock. Example sentencesExamples At some locations sericite completely pseudomorphs topaz and the feldspars. Many of the grains are partially to entirely replaced by fine-grained sericite and quartz. The samples from the andesitic units, occurring as tectonic lenses in the greywacke sequence, exhibit plagioclase phenocrysts altered to sericite, calcite and epidote, set in a matrix of chloritized pyroxene and amphibole. The matrix is dominated by sericite, chlorite and quartz. The nearby K - 2 deposit is very similar to the Kettle and contains, besides quartz, veins with calcite, ferroan dolomite, and minor chlorite, potassium feldspar, adularia, sericite, pyrite, and barite. Origin Mid 19th century: from Latin sericum ‘silk’ + -ite.
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