Serpentinous - Law Dictionary Search Results

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A fibrous variety of serpentine

a chemical change of the substance as of chrysolite to serpentine opposed to ordinary metamorphism as implying simply a recrystallization

contains pyroxene enstatite chromite etc It is often altered to serpentine

A thin laminated variety of serpentine usually of a pale green color

given to other rocks of like use and appearance as serpentine or verd antique marble and less properly to polished porphyry

name originally given by the Italians to a kind of serpentine later to the rock called euphotide and now generally used

or short sword used by the Malays commonly having a serpentine blade

A hydrous silicate of magnesium allied to serpentine occurring in waxlike masses of a yellow or greenish color

A hard compact variety of serpentine found in Rhode Island It is of a light green

or pertaining to a snake or snakes resembling a snake serpentine winding