sericitizationn.
/sᵻˌrɪsᵻtʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /sɛˌrɪsədəˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /sɛˌrɪsəˌtaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ Geology.
A process by which minerals in a rock are turned into or replaced by sericite.
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the world > the earth > minerals > change processes > [noun] > conversion to specific mineral
zeolitization1879
serpentinization1885
sericitization1888
uralitization1888
saussuritization1889
variolitization1890
propylitization1903
muscovitization1909
scapolitization1909
mylonitization1913
mylonization1913
myrmekitization1916
nephelinization1943
spilitization1946
1888 Proc. 36th Meeting Amer. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 226 As examples of metamorphism may be mentioned, uralitization, saussuritization, sericitization, formation of leucoxene (sphene).
1909 Trans. & Proc. N.Z. Inst. 1908 41 69 These figures show..that the type of rock-alteration may be regarded as partial sericitization.
1962 W. A. Deer et al. Rock-forming Minerals III. 24 This sericitization may begin, and be complete, at an early stage of the metamorphism.
1989 Jrnl. Petrol. 30 44 Alteration is limited to minor sericitization of plagioclase and development of chlorite after biotite.
2011 W. L. Pohl Econ. Geol. i. 54/1 Sericitization is a common alteration of aluminium-rich felsic rocks (granite, gneiss, schists).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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