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Alteration vs Iddingsite - What's the difference?

alteration | iddingsite |

As nouns the difference between alteration and iddingsite

is that alteration is the act of altering or making different while iddingsite is a mixture of clay minerals and iron oxides formed by alteration of olivine.

alteration

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of altering or making different.
  • * 1594 , , Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity ,
    • …alteration , though it be from worse to better, hath in it inconveniences…
  • The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; changed condition.
  • * 1892 , ,
    • …and I saw by the alteration in your face that a train of thought had been started.
    (Webster 1913)

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    iddingsite

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia iddingsite) (en noun)
  • (mineralogy) A mixture of clay minerals and iron oxides formed by alteration of olivine