amositen.

Brit.

/ˈeɪməzʌɪt/,

/ˈaməzʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˈæməˌsaɪt/,

/ˈæməˌzaɪt/

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Amosa , -ite suffix¹.

Etymology: < amos- (in Amosa, the name of the company which mined and marketed the mineral from 1916, acronym < the initial letters of Asbestos Mines of South Africa) + -ite suffix¹.

Mineralogy.

An iron-rich asbestos, formerly of commercial importance, which is a fibrous variety of the amphibole mineral grunerite. Often as a modifier.

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the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > amphibole (double chain) > [noun] > asbestos > others

rock cork1762

rock flesh1762

rock leather1762

rock wood1762

asbestinite1794

asbestoid1794

xylocryptite1820

byssolite1847

xylite1850

xylotile1864

xylolite1868

wood-rock1889

amosite1918

1918 A. L. Hall Asbestos in S. Afr. 12 Amosite, chemically characterized by high percentage of iron with variable amounts of aluminium, magnesium, and calcium.

1928 Observer 1 July 3 Four years later [in 1895] the chrysolite deposits of the Carolina district began to be exploited, followed by the discovery of amosite fibre in the Transvaal.

1961 Engineering 2 June 770 Marinite is a homogenous pressed lime-silica board having an amosite asbestos fibre content.

1995 Daily Tel. 1 Dec. 16/1 Mr Blunden told the documentary team that amosite (brown asbestos) was sprayed on the joists, and also found in heater cupboards, electric sockets and in dust on the floor of the tower blocks.

2011 L. Waldman Politics Asbestos iv. 80 Widespread international consensus exists regarding the dangers of crocidolite and amosite..which are no longer mined or marketed anywhere in the world.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	amosite
释义	amositen. Brit. /ˈeɪməzʌɪt/, /ˈaməzʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈæməˌsaɪt/, /ˈæməˌzaɪt/ Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Amosa , -ite suffix¹. Etymology: < amos- (in Amosa, the name of the company which mined and marketed the mineral from 1916, acronym < the initial letters of Asbestos Mines of South Africa) + -ite suffix¹. Mineralogy. An iron-rich asbestos, formerly of commercial importance, which is a fibrous variety of the amphibole mineral grunerite. Often as a modifier. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > amphibole (double chain) > [noun] > asbestos > others rock cork1762 rock flesh1762 rock leather1762 rock wood1762 asbestinite1794 asbestoid1794 xylocryptite1820 byssolite1847 xylite1850 xylotile1864 xylolite1868 wood-rock1889 amosite1918 1918 A. L. Hall Asbestos in S. Afr. 12 Amosite, chemically characterized by high percentage of iron with variable amounts of aluminium, magnesium, and calcium. 1928 Observer 1 July 3 Four years later [in 1895] the chrysolite deposits of the Carolina district began to be exploited, followed by the discovery of amosite fibre in the Transvaal. 1961 Engineering 2 June 770 Marinite is a homogenous pressed lime-silica board having an amosite asbestos fibre content. 1995 Daily Tel. 1 Dec. 16/1 Mr Blunden told the documentary team that amosite (brown asbestos) was sprayed on the joists, and also found in heater cupboards, electric sockets and in dust on the floor of the tower blocks. 2011 L. Waldman Politics Asbestos iv. 80 Widespread international consensus exists regarding the dangers of crocidolite and amosite..which are no longer mined or marketed anywhere in the world. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1918
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