Min. [f. as prec. + -ITE1 2 b. Named viridit by H. Vogelsang, 1872.] A mineral compound occurring in certain rocks in the form of minute greenish particles.
1879. Rutley, Stud. Rocks, x. 166. Viridite includes mineral matter which is probably referable to different varieties of chlorite and serpentine.
1883. Science, II. 111/1. Yellowish-green needles of epidote and viridite.
1892. J. D. Dana, Min., 664. Viridite,… A collective name…. They are generally in scaly or fibrous forms and are often the result of the decomposition of amphibole, pyroxene, chrysolyte, etc.
