Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Clay metamorphosed into a rock resembling porcelain or earthenware in texture and appearance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A semivitrified clay or shale, somewhat resembling jasper; -- called also
porcelain jasper .
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- noun mineralogy A
semivitrified clay orshale , somewhat resemblingjasper ; porcelain jasper.
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The chloritization is generally accompanied by very intense silicification, with occasional evidence of porcelanite.
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