delessite
English
editNoun
editdelessite (countable and uncountable, plural delessites)
- (mineralogy) A magnesium-rich form of chamosite that is a member of the chlorite group.
- 1905, B. K. Emerson, “Plumose diabase and palagonite from the Holyoke trap sheet”, in Bulletin of the Geological Society of America[1], volume 16, page 105:
- Several delessites and chloropals occurring in basalts have a composition very close to that of the glass.
Further reading
edit- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Delessite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “delessite”, in Mindat.org[2], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.