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Webster 1913 Edition


Sericite

Ser′i-cite

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Noun.
[L.
sericus
silken.]
(Min.)
A kind of muscovite occuring in silky scales having a fibrous structure. It is characteristic of sericite schist.

Definition 2025


sericite

sericite

English

Noun

sericite (plural sericites)

  1. (mineralogy) A fine-grained mica found in metamorphic rocks