schorlaceous, a. Min.
(ʃɔːˈleɪʃəs)
Also 8 sh-.
[f. schorl + -aceous.]
Of the nature of schorl.
| 1794 Kirwan Elem. Min. (ed. 2) I. 89 A fibrous or striated limestone..which consists of asbestine or shorlaceous particles. 1839 H. T. De la Beche Rep. Geol. Cornwall, etc. vi. 157 It is very frequently porphyritic and here and there schorlaceous. 1886 F. H. Butler in Mineral. Mag. Dec. 79 The black highly schorlaceous rock. |