anthophyllite

[an-thuh-fil-ahyt]

noun

1. a mineral, magnesium-iron silicate, (Mg,Fe) 7 (Si 8 O22 )(OH) 2 , occurring in schists in lamellar or fibrous clove-brown crystals.

Other Word Forms

• anthophyllitic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of anthophyllite¹

1835–45; < New Latin anthophyll ( um ) clove ( antho-, -phyl ) + -ite ¹

Example Sentences

The asbestos formerly used in the arts was generally a fibrous form of some kind of amphibole, like tremolite, or anthophyllite, though occasionally perhaps a pyroxene.

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In Georgia the asbestos, which is anthophyllite, occurs in lenticular masses in peridotite associated with gneiss.

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The asbestos of Italy and Cyprus is anthophyllite, more like the Georgia material.

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Asbestos consists mostly of magnesium silicate minerals—chrysotile, anthophyllite, and crocidolite.

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