Crocidolite

[krәu'sidәlait]

Definition

(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.

Checker: Truman

Definition

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

Editor: Yvonne