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Definition of Crocidolites
1. crocidolite [n] - See also: crocidolite
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crocidolites
Literary usage of Crocidolites
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Royal Colonial Institute by Royal Commonwealth Society (1887)
"The crocidolites (both the true " blue " and the changed " yellow ") are seams
... The scientific description of these crocidolites in Tlie Mining Journal, ..."
2. The American Teacher (1892)
"TWENTY GEMSTONES Cut and polished for jewelry mounting, THE GREA т DIVIDE Sardonyx,
Fancy crocidolites, ..."
3. A Summary of Progress in Petrography. in 1887-1896by William Shirley Bayley, William Herbert Hobbs by William Shirley Bayley, William Herbert Hobbs (1891)
"Lacroix*1 describes the optical properties of quite a numer of crocidolites, and
concludes that the mineral is a variety of hornblende very widely spread ..."
4. The Health Consequences of Smoking: Cancer and Chronic Lung Disease in the by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"BOTHAM, SK, HOLT, FF The effects of inhaled crocidolites from Transvaal and
North-West Cape mines on the lungs of rats and guinea-pigs. ..."
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