Epidote

Quick meaning: Epidote is a noun meaning (mineralogy) Any of a class of mixed calcium iron aluminium sorosilicates found in metamorphic rocks.

Meaning

(mineralogy) Any of a class of mixed calcium iron aluminium sorosilicates found in metamorphic rocks.

Example Sentences

A little higher is an outcrop of epidote schist with quartz, carbonate, and magnetite.

Epidote is found in greenstone belts and many metamorphic rocks such as gneiss and schist, and is hence fairly widespread.

Word Forms

• epidotes

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include amphibolite, hornfels, epidosite, ephesite, epidiorite, esseneite.

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