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antholite

antholite noun: a fossil plant resembling a petrified flower.

Noun

antholite (plural antholites)

  1. A fossil plant resembling a petrified flower.
    • He considers this Antholite from the coal to be "the spike of a very highly organised flowering plant in full flower,", p. 20.1858, Charles Lyell, “Supplement to the Fifth Edition of a Manual of Elementary Geology”, in The British Review, volume 28
    • Göppert , in his Permian Flora , figures an Antholite (pl. xxi., fig. 1-3), which he considers to be teh inflorescence of Nöggerathia, a genus placed by him among the monocotyledons; while Ettingshausen, on the other hand, believes teh forms he found in the Coal-Measures at Stradonitz to be the...1872 February, William Carruthers, “Notes on some Fossil Plants”, in Geological Magazine, volume 9, page 53
  2. A fibrous form of amphibole.
    • Antholite is fibrous or asbestiform, grey to brown; […] Cummingtonite is much like antholite, gey to brown; fibrous;1878, Joseph Henry Collins, Mineralogy - Volume 2, page 188
    • In thin section, the radiated variety of amphibole, antholite ( possibly true anthophyllite ) , predominates in closely matted groups, made up of colorless to brownish ( ochreous ) fibres, which polarize strongly between the crossed nicols.1880, Geology of Wisconsin: Survey of 1873-1879 - Volume 3, page 559

Examples of antholite in a sentence

  • It is not, as you have perhaps surmised, a work of sculpture, but it is an antholite, or fossil blossom, brought, with others of the same kind, from the world to which I am native.1948, Clark Ashton Smith ·, Genius Loci, and Other Tales, page 65:
  • It seems to correspond most nearly in chemical composition to some of the fibrous forms of monoclinic amphibole, e.g. antholite or kuppferite.1894, A. P. Coleman, “Antholite from Elzivir, Ontario”, in The American Journal of Science, volume 148, page 272:
  • Antholite is found in irregular bundles of strong fibres associated with altered enstatite, calcite, dolomite etc1915, Memoir - Issue 74, page 22:

Forms of antholite

pluralantholites

Origin of antholite

From antho- + -lite.

Questions about antholite

What does antholite mean?
Antholite means a fossil plant resembling a petrified flower.
How do you use antholite in a sentence?
It is not, as you have perhaps surmised, a work of sculpture, but it is an antholite, or fossil blossom, brought, with others of the same kind, from the world to which I am native.
What part of speech is antholite?
Antholite is a noun.
What is the plural of antholite?
The plural of antholite is antholites.

Words near antholite in the dictionary

  1. anthokyan
  2. antholatry
  3. anthole
  4. antholes
  5. antholeucin
  6. antholite
  7. antholites
  8. anthologer
  9. anthologers
  10. anthological
  11. anthologically

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