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The name of a group of minerals, usually of a green color and micaceous to granular in structure. They are hydrous silicates of alumina, iron, and magnesia.

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  1. n. The name of a group of minerals, usually of a green color and micaceous to granular in structure. They are hydrous silicates of alumina, iron, and magnesia.
  2. n. Any salt of chlorous acid; as, chlorite of sodium.
  3. n. a generally green or black mineral; it occurs as a constituent of many rocks typically in the form of a flat crystal
  4. The name of a group of minerals, usually of a green color and micaceous to granular in structure. They are hydrous silicates of alumina, iron, and magnesia. Chlorite slate, a schistose or slaty rock consisting of alumina, iron, and magnesia. Any salt of chlorous acid; as, chlorite of sodium.
  5. The name of a group of minerals, usually of a green color andmicaceous to granular in structure. They are hydrous silicates ofalumina, iron, and magnesia. Chlorite slate, a schistose or slatyrock consisting of alumina, iron, and magnesia.
  6. n:100 n. a generally green or black mineral; it occurs as a constituent of many rocks typically in the form of a flat crystal