Crocidolite

[krәu'sidәlait]

解釋/意思:

(n.) A mineral occuring in silky fibers of a lavender blue color. It is related to hornblende and is essentially a silicate of iron and soda; -- called also blue asbestus. A silicified form, in which the fibers penetrating quartz are changed to oxide of iron, is the yellow brown tiger-eye of the jewelers.

校對:杜鲁门

解釋/意思:

n. a mineral consisting mainly of silicate of iron in asbestos-like fibres.

整理:伊冯