crocidolite

English

Etymology

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

Noun

crocidolite (plural crocidolites)

(mineralogy) A fibrous, blue-green mineral that is an asbestos-like variety of riebeckite.

Synonyms

blue asbestos
Cape blue

Further reading

“Crocidolite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
“crocidolite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.

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