leptochlorite

noun

lep·​to·​chlorite

: a mineral consisting of any of several chlorites of indistinct crystallization

—opposed to orthochlorite

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary lept- + chlorite; probably originally formed as German leptochlorit

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