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crocidolite

 
Dictionary: cro·cid·o·lite   (krō-sĭd'l-īt') pronunciation
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A fibrous, lavender-blue or greenish mineral, a sodium iron silicate that is used as a commercial form of asbestos.

[Greek krokus, krokis, krokud-, krokid-, nap on woolen cloth + -LITE.]


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Gray-blue to green, highly fibrous (asbestiform) form of the amphibole mineral riebeckite. It has higher tensile strength than chrysotile asbestos. The major commercial source is South Africa, where it occurs in Precambrian banded-iron formations; it is also found in Australia and Bolivia.

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