^Chlorite, — A soft, greenish, often black- 
ish, mineral, related to the micas, much 
used by the aborigines for ornaments, 
ceremonial objects, and pipes. When 
polished it is in many, cases not readily 
distinguished from steatite or soapstone 
save by its somewhat greater hardness. 
It occurs as a secondary mineral result- 
ing from alteration of other species, as 
biotite, pyroxene, amphibolite, etc. See 
Stone-work. (w. h. h. ) 
