Definition of serpentine

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Serpentine (n.) A mineral or rock consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of magnesia. It is usually of an obscure green color, often with a spotted or mottled appearance resembling a serpent's skin. Precious, or noble, serpentine is translucent and of a rich oil-green color..

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Snaky :: Snaky (a.) Of or pertaining to a snake or snakes; resembling a snake; serpentine; winding.
Marmolite :: Marmolite (n.) A thin, laminated variety of serpentine, usually of a pale green color..
Serpentine :: Serpentine (n.) A kind of ancient cannon.
Sinuous :: Sinuous (a.) Bending in and out; of a serpentine or undulating form; winding; crooked.
Serpent :: Serpent (n.) A species of firework having a serpentine motion as it passess through the air or along the ground.
Metasomatism :: Metasomatism (n.) An alteration in a mineral or rock mass when involving a chemical change of the substance, as of chrysolite to serpentine; -- opposed to ordinary metamorphism, as implying simply a recrystallization..
Serpentine :: Serpentine (n.) A mineral or rock consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of magnesia. It is usually of an obscure green color, often with a spotted or mottled appearance resembling a serpent's skin. Precious, or noble, serpentine is translucent and of a rich oil-green color..
Rickrack :: Rickrack (n.) A kind of openwork edging made of serpentine braid.
Serpentinize :: Serpentinize (v. t.) To convert (a magnesian silicate) into serpentine.
Bowenite :: Bowenite (n.) A hard, compact variety of serpentine found in Rhode Island. It is of a light green color and resembles jade..
Serpentinous :: Serpentinous (a.) Relating to, or like, serpentine; as, a rock serpentinous in character..
Creese :: Creese (n.) A dagger or short sword used by the Malays, commonly having a serpentine blade..
Saponite :: Saponite (n.) A hydrous silicate of magnesia and alumina. It occurs in soft, soapy, amorphous masses, filling veins in serpentine and cavities in trap rock..
Phlogopite :: Phlogopite (n.) A kind of mica having generally a peculiar bronze-red or copperlike color and a pearly luster. It is a silicate of aluminia, with magnesia, potash, and some fluorine. It is characteristic of crystalline limestone or dolomite and serpentine. See Mica..
Asbestos :: Asbestos (n.) A variety of amphibole or of pyroxene, occurring in long and delicate fibers, or in fibrous masses or seams, usually of a white, gray, or green-gray color. The name is also given to a similar variety of serpentine..
Peridotite :: Peridotite (n.) An eruptive rock characterized by the presence of chrysolite (peridot). It also usually contains pyroxene, enstatite, chromite, etc. It is often altered to serpentine..
Retinalite :: Retinalite (n.) A translucent variety of serpentine, of a honey yellow or greenish yellow color, having a waxy resinlike luster..
Serpentize :: Serpentize (v. i.) To turn or bend like a serpent, first in one direction and then in the opposite; to meander; to wind; to serpentine..
Spiry :: Spiry (a.) Of a spiral form; wreathed; curled; serpentine.
Serpentine :: Serpentine (v. i.) To serpentize.
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