fibroliten.
/ˈfʌɪbrəlʌɪt/ A fibrous mineral consisting chiefly of aluminium silicate.
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the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > nesosilicates > [noun] > subsaturate group > sillimanite or fibrolite
fibrolite1802
sillimanite1823
bucholzite1831
xenolite1844
1802 Count de Bournon in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 92 289 Fibrolite..always..either of a white colour, or of a dirty gray.
1803 Jrnl. Nat. Philos. Jan. 14 (title) Fibrolite accompanying the matrix of corundum.
1884 J. D. Dana Min. 375 Fibrolite was much used for stone implements..in the ‘Stone age’.
Derivatives
fibroˈlitic adj. containing fibrolite.
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1880 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. (ed. 3) 72.
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