byssolite

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek [Term?] "byssus" + "stone".

Noun

byssolite (countable and uncountable, plural byssolites)

  1. (mineralogy) An olive-green fibrous variety of hornblende.

Synonyms

Further reading
  • “Byssolite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • “byssolite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.
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