Definition of fibrolite in English:
fibrolite
noun ˈfʌɪbrə(ʊ)lʌɪtˈfībrəˌlīt
another term for sillimanite
Example sentencesExamples
- The new arrivals include the ‘golden felspar’, natural glass and fibrolite from Tanzania.
- Mesosomes are invariably associated with a leucosome component and are composed of biotite accompanied by fibrolite, minor quartz, plagioclase and retrograde muscovite and chlorite.
- Sillimanite, which occurs both as fibrolite and as prismatic grains, grows across the L-S fabric in part defined by biotite, and is clearly post-kinematic with respect to the type - 1 tectonites.
- In sample 17, development of the S-C fabric was postdated by growth of late garnet and fibrolite.
- The mineral assemblage is quartz + plagioclase + K-feldspar + biotite + cordierite + andalusite fibrolite.