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Definition of Anthophyllite
1. Noun. A dark brown mineral of the amphibole group; magnesium iron silicate.
Definition of Anthophyllite
1. n. A mineral of the hornblende group, of a yellowish gray or clove brown color.
Definition of Anthophyllite
1. Noun. (mineral) A dark brown amphibole mineral; a mixed silicate of iron and magnesium. ¹
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Definition of Anthophyllite
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Anthophyllite
Literary usage of Anthophyllite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Report on the Asbestos, Talc and Soapstone Deposits of Georgia by Oliver Baker Hopkins (1914)
"ORTHORHOMBIC DIVISION anthophyllite anthophyllite is a metasilicate of magnesium
and iron with the theoretical composition: silica, 55.6; ferrous oxide, ..."
2. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts by William Nicholson (1808)
"On the anthophyllite ; by JC DEL ... anthophyllite jl HE anthophyllite described
by Schumacher is found it Bornia ..."
3. The Boston Journal of Philosophy and the Arts by John White Webster, John Ware, Daniel Treadwell (1825)
"Argentine Williamsburg, j anthophyllite* Blanford " I Mr Charles U. Shep- ...
The anthophyllite exists in such abundance in the rock, as to constitute the ..."
4. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1898)
"... Enstatite and Beryl (Emerald) from North Carolina. By JH PRATT. (Am.J.
Sci., 155, 429-432.) The anthophyllite and enstatite are from the great ..."
5. A System of Mineralogy: In which Minerals are Arranged According to the by ROBERT. JAMESON (1820)
"... differs from it in being harder, heavier, its cleavage less distinct, and its
lustre more metallic. 4. anthophyllite *. Gerader Schiller-Spath ..."
6. A Treatise on Metamorphism by Charles Richard Van Hise (1904)
"anthophyllite occupies the same position in the rhombic amphiboles that bronzite
does in ... 310), anthophyllite forms as a secondary product from olivine. ..."
7. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1915)
"Mass-fiber anthophyllite occurs at a number of other localities in White, Habersham,
and Rabun counties, usually associated with partly altered rock, ..."
8. Upper Peninsula 1869-1873: Accompanied by an Atlas of Maps by Michigan Geological Survey (1873)
"GJ Brush as anthophyllite, and of which I have made no examination. ... 174),
but usually the anthophyllite (Nos. 175 and 176). Magnetite is almost always ..."
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