Definitions for sericite

sericite ser·i·cite

Spelling: [ser-uh-sahyt]
IPA: /ˈsɛr əˌsaɪt/

Sericite is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 205 anagrams from letters in sericite (ceeiirst).

Definitions for sericite

noun

  1. a fine-grained variety of muscovite produced by the alteration of feldspar.

Origin of sericite

From the German word Sericit, dating back to 1850-55. See seric-, -ite1

Examples for sericite

There is also a small amount of hematite, pyroxene and sericite.

There is some sericite present, also magnetite, resulting from the decomposition of the biotite.

A dark compact rock, in which calcite and sericite predominate.

Alunite is a potassium-aluminum sulphate, which differs from sericite in that sulphur takes the place of silicon.

Where sericite is dominant, the alteration is called sericitic alteration.

In igneous rock the ore-bearing solutions may have altered the wall rock to a dense mixture of quartz, sericite, and chlorite.

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