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Chlorite vs Muscovite - What's the difference?

chlorite | muscovite |

As nouns the difference between chlorite and muscovite

is that chlorite is while muscovite is (mineralogy) a pale brown mineral of the mica group, being a basic potassium aluminosilicate with the chemical formula k]]al2(si3al)o10(oh,[[fluorine|f)2; used as an electrical insulator etc.

chlorite

English

(wikipedia chlorite)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (mineral) A dark green mineral resembling serpentine, being a mixed silicate of magnesium, iron and aluminium.
  • * 2004 , (Richard Fortey), The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 177:
    • They have been heated enough to impart a delicate blue-green hue, which is because of the abundance of the ‘low-grade’ metamorphic mineral, chlorite .
  • (chemistry) Any salt of chlorous acid.

    • Derived terms

    * hydrogen chlorite * hypochlorite * magnesium chlorite * manganchlorite * sodium chlorite

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    muscovite

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An inhabitant or native of Muscovy or Moscow.
  • (archaic) A Russian.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or relating to Muscovy or Moscow, or the people of these places.
  • Russian.