About The Word Crocidolite
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Crocidolite
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What's The Definition Of Crocidolite?Synonyms | Synonyms for Crocidolite: Related Terms | Find terms related to Crocidolite: See Also | Crocidolite In Webster's Dictionary \Cro*cid"o*lite\ (kr?-s?d"?-l?t), n. [Gr. kroky`s
nap on cloth + -lite.] (Min.)
A mineral occuring in silky fibers of a lavender blue color.
It is related to hornblende and is essentially a silicate of
iron and soda; -- called also {blue asbestus}. A silicified
form, in which the fibers penetrating quartz are changed to
oxide of iron, is the yellow brown {tiger-eye} of the
jewelers.
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