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Definition of Glauconite
1. Noun. A green mineral consisting of hydrated silicate of potassium or iron or magnesium or aluminum; found in greensand.
Definition of Glauconite
1. n. The green mineral characteristic of the greensand of the chalk and other formations. It is a hydrous silicate of iron and potash. See Greensand.
Definition of Glauconite
1. Noun. (minerology) A greenish form of mica found in greensand ¹
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Definition of Glauconite
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Literary usage of Glauconite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1905)
"lacked some of the chemical components which go to make up the glauconite.
The slides were prepared by boiling in Canada balsam to render them hard before ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"glauconite, a mineral, green in colour, and chemically a hydrous silicate of iron
and potassium. It especially occurs in the green sands and muds which are ..."
3. Potash in the Greensands of New Jersey by George Rogers Mansfield (1922)
"Vincentown and Redbank sands indicate that the glauconite-forming agencies were
at times interrupted or impeded by reversal of conditions, ..."
4. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1902)
"Concerning the origin of glauconite grains in sedimentary rocks, I translate from
Zirkel.* "The microscopic investigations of Ehrenberg have shown that many ..."
5. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The colouring matter is believed in every case to be glauconite. ... The glauconite,
though crystalline, never occurs well crystallized but ..."
6. Prince George's County by Jay Allan Bonsteel, William Henry Alexander, Benjamin Le Roy Miller, Frederick Haynes Newell, Louis Agricola Bauer, Fred Wilson Besley (1911)
"glauconite Marls.—The Eocene and Upper Cretaceous formations of the county ...
They consist of quartz sand with an admixture of many grains of glauconite, ..."
7. Manual of Geology: Theoretical and Practical by John Phillips, Robert Etheridge (1885)
"glauconite. This is one of the most characteristic minerals found in sand. ...
At the present day considerable deposits of glauconite are found off the ..."
8. Manual of Geology: Theoretical and Practical by John Phillips (1885)
"glauconite. This is one of the most characteristic minerals found in sand. ...
glauconite is a double silicate of iron and alumina, with a certain amount of ..."
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