antigorite

[ an-tig-uh-rahyt ]

nounMineralogy.
  1. a variety of serpentine occurring in a brownish-green lamellar form.

Origin of antigorite

1
1860–65; named after Antigorio valley in N Italy where first found + -ite1

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