An orthorhombic mineral, Na2 BeSi2 O6 ; occurs on the
Kola Peninsula, Russia.
An arsenic-deficient variety of nickel-skutterudite. Also spelled
cloanthite. Syn:white nickel ore
A trigonal mineral, AlCl3 .6H2 O ; occurs in acid fumaroles
on Mt. Vesuvius, Italy.
A monoclinic mineral, Ca5 (PO4 )3 Cl ; apatite group.
An isometric mineral, 4[AgCl] ; sectile; forms waxy white, yellow, or
pearl-gray incrustations, darkening to violet on exposure to light; a
supergene mineral occurring in silver veins; an important source of
silver. Formerly called cerargyrite. Syn:horn silver
CF:iodargyrite
A mottled green variety of pumpellyite used as a semiprecious stone; forms
grains, small nodules, or a radial, fibrous structure in geodes in mafic
igneous rocks; resembles prehnite; occurs in the Lake Superior region
(esp. on Isle Royale).
Explosive with a potassium chlorate base, such as the French cheddite,
which contains about 80% potassium chlorate and 5% castor oil, with
dinitrotoluene constituting nearly all the remainder. Chlorate explosives
are characterized by a hot flame on detonation. Lewis
A substitute for blackpowder in which potassium chlorate is used in place
of potassium nitrate.
a. A miner's or prospector's term for an ore containing silver chloride.
AGI
b. A compound of chlorine with another element or radical. A salt or ester
of hydrochloric acid. Crispin
Mining thin veins. Statistical Research Bureau
An ore treatment using chlorine to produce a metal chloride.
Pryor, 3
To convert into chloride; applied to the roasting of silver ores with
salt, preparatory to amalgamation.
The roasting of sulfide ores and concentrates, mixed with sodium chloride,
to convert the sulfides to chlorides. CTD
The process in which auriferous ores are first roasted to oxidize the base
metals; then saturated with chlorine gas; and finally treated with water,
which removes the soluble chloride of gold, to be subsequently
precipitated and melted into bars. Fay
A machine for feeding either liquid or gaseous chlorine to a stream of
water.
A common nonmetallic halogen element, found in the combined state only,
chiefly with sodium as common salt (NaCl). Symbol, Cl. A greenish-yellow
irritating toxic gas with a disagreeable odor; a respiratory irritant.
Used for producing safe drinking water, paper products, dyestuffs,
textiles, petroleum products, medicines, antiseptics, insecticides,
foodstuffs, solvents, paints, plastics, and many other consumer products.
Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 3
a. The total amount in grams of chlorine, iodine, and bromine contained in
1 kg of seawater, assuming that the bromine and iodine have been replaced
by chlorine. Hy
b. The number giving the chlorinity in grams per kilogram of seawater
sample is identical with the number, giving the mass in grams of atomic
weight silver just necessary to precipitate the halogens in 0.3285233 kg
of the seawater sample. Hy
a. The mineral group chamosite, clinochlore, cookeite, gonyerite, nimite,
orthochamosite, pennantite, and sudoite.
b. Chlorites are associated with and resemble micas (the tabular crystals
of chlorites cleave into small, thin flakes or scales that are flexible,
but not elastic like those of micas); they may also be considered as clay
minerals when very fine grained. Chlorites are widely distributed, esp. in
low-grade metamorphic rocks, or as alteration products of ferromagnesian
minerals.
A schist in which the main constituent, chlorite, imparts a schistosity by
parallel arrangement of its flakes. Quartz, epidote, magnetite, and garnet
may be accessories, the last two often as conspicuous porphyroblasts.
AGI
A schistose or slaty rock composed largely of chlorite.
A sand colored green by sand-size chlorite grains.