epidote
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ɪˌdoʊt noun
a mineral, calcium aluminum iron silicate, Ca 2 (Al, Fe) 3 Si 3 O 12 (OH), occurring in green prismatic crystals.
Origin:
1800–10; < French épidote < Greek *epidotós given besides, increased (verbid of epididónai), equivalent to epi- epi- + dotós given (verbid of didónai)
1800–10; < French épidote < Greek *epidotós given besides, increased (verbid of epididónai), equivalent to epi- epi- + dotós given (verbid of didónai)
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| —n | |
| a green mineral consisting of hydrated calcium iron aluminium silicate in monoclinic crystalline form: common in metamorphic rocks. Formula: Ca2(Al,Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH) | |
| [C19: from French épidote, ultimately from Greek epididonai to increase, from didonai to give; so called because two sides of its crystal are longer than the other two sides] | |
| epidotic | |
| —adj | |
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| epidote (ěp'ĭ-dōt') Pronunciation Key
A yellowish-green or blackish-green monoclinic mineral. Epidote occurs as formless grains or as prism-shaped crystals, and is found in limestones that have undergone slight metamorphism or in igneous rocks. Chemical formula: Ca2(Al, Fe)3(SiO4)3OH. |
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Example sentences
Alteration minerals include chlorite, epidote, and fine-grained sericite.
Veinlets of epidote, milky quartz, and anthophyllite cut the greenstone in many places.
Epidote and white mica are ubiquitous secondary minerals.
Plagioclase is variably altered to epidote, white mica, and chlorite.
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