anthophyllite

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anthophyllite (countable and uncountable, plural anthophyllites)

  1. (mineralogy) A dark brown amphibole mineral; a mixed silicate of iron and magnesium.
    • 1823, William Phillips, An Elementary Introduction to the Knowledge of Mineralogy:
      Anthophyllite is of a brownish colour, and glistening, pearly, pseudo-metallic lustre; it occurs massive, the mass consisting of crystals or crystalline fibres often disposed in a radiating form.

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