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Tremolite

noun

A white or pale green mineral (calcium magnesium silicate) of the amphibole group used as a form of asbestos.

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... substances, including amazon stone from the Urals, and Labrador felspar. The northern cases are numbered from 31 to 37. In the first case (31) are varieties of felspar; in the second case (32) are micaceous and other mineral substances; in the third case (33) are basaltic hornblende, tremolite, &c.; in the fourth case (34) are varieties of asbestus, which defies the action of fire; jeffersonite; jenite from the Elba, &c.; in the fifth case (35) are various pyroxenic minerals; in the sixth case (36) are various kinds of garnets, including the lime and chrome varieties; and in the 37th ...

— How to See the British Museum in Four Visits • W. Blanchard Jerrold

... tremolite, schorl, adularia, garnet, actinolite, precious serpentine (remarkably elegant), ...

— James Cutbush - An American Chemist, 1788-1823 • Edgar F. Smith

Words linked to "Tremolite" : amphibole group, asbestos