(mineralogy) A dark green mineral resembling serpentine, being a mixed silicate of magnesium, iron and aluminium. / (chemistry, countable) Any salt of chlorous acid.

plural of chlorite

containing chlorite

(geology) The metamorphic conversion of pyroxene or amphibole minerals into members of the chlorite group

To treat with a chlorite, typically as a bleach / (mineralogy) To metamorphose into the mineral chlorite

present participle of chloritize

simple past tense and past participle of chloritize

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chloritize

(chemistry) chlorous acid