anthophyllite
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- anthophyllitic adjective
Etymology
Origin of anthophyllite
1835–45; < New Latin anthophyll ( um ) clove ( antho-, -phyl ) + -ite 1
Example Sentences
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That’s one of six minerals – along with chrysotile, actinolite, amosite, anthophyllite and crocidolite – that occur in nature as crystalline fibers known as asbestos, a recognized carcinogen.
From Reuters • Dec. 14, 2018
The asbestos of Italy and Cyprus is anthophyllite, more like the Georgia material.
From The Economic Aspect of Geology by Leith, C. K. (Charles Kenneth)
Asbestos consists mostly of magnesium silicate minerals—chrysotile, anthophyllite, and crocidolite.
From The Economic Aspect of Geology by Leith, C. K. (Charles Kenneth)
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.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various
In Georgia the asbestos, which is anthophyllite, occurs in lenticular masses in peridotite associated with gneiss.
From The Economic Aspect of Geology by Leith, C. K. (Charles Kenneth)
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