crocidolite

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κροκῠ́ς (krokŭ́s, “nap of cloth/wool”) and λίθος (líthos, “stone”), for its appearance.

Noun

A piece of crocidolite asbestos

crocidolite (plural crocidolites)

1. (mineralogy) A fibrous, blue-green mineral that is a variety of riebeckite and is one of the six types of asbestos.

Synonyms

• blue asbestos
• Cape blue

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Crocidolite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “crocidolite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.