Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

leptochlorite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lep-tochlo-rite
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A chlorite that contains mostly ferric iron rather than ferrous iron. Leptochlorites are typically richer in trivalent ions relative to silicon and divalent ions.

Example Sentences

"Analysis I is incomplete, but analysis II may be readily recalculated into leptochlorite made up of mixtures of the following moleculas in the proportion indicated […]"
"[…] contemporaneous with gold are gilbertite, leptochlorite, tourmaline, iron sulphides, feldspar, (rare) carbonates, and quartz; post gold minerals are quartz, zinc and lead sulphides, and many others of geophases K and L."
"The reduced, bivalent iron partly migrates and partly becomes fixed in the form of leptochlorites or siderite."

Etymology

From lepto- + chlorite.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: lepto

Inflected Forms

leptochlorites (plural)

Questions

What does leptochlorite mean?: A chlorite that contains mostly ferric iron rather than ferrous iron. Leptochlorites are typically richer in trivalent ions relative to silicon and divalent ions.
Where does leptochlorite come from?: From lepto- + chlorite.

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