serpentinize

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

serpentine +‎ -ize

Verb[edit]

serpentinize (third-person singular simple present serpentinizes, present participle serpentinizing, simple past and past participle serpentinized)

  1. (geology, mineralogy) To convert (another magnesium silicate mineral) into serpentine

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