English Explanatory Dictionary

sericitization

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The hydrothermal or metamorphic alteration of a mineral, often plagioclase, into sericite (a white mica).

Word forms

sericitization sericitizations

Etymology

From sericite + -ization.

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