chlorite UK /ˈklɔːˌɹʌɪt/US /ˈklɔɹˌaɪt/ noun2 •Any salt of chlorous acid. •A dark green mineral resembling serpentine, being a mixed silicate of magnesium, iron and aluminium.They have been heated enough to impart a delicate blue-green hue, which is because of the abundance of the ‘low-grade’ metamorphic mineral, chlorite. — 2004 formschlorites