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anthophyllites

anthophyllites is the plural of anthophyllite.

Meaning of anthophyllite

Noun

anthophyllite (countable and uncountable, plural anthophyllites)

  1. A dark brown amphibole mineral; a mixed silicate of iron and magnesium.
    • Anthophyllite is of a brownish colour, and glistening, pearly, pseudo-metallic lustre; it occurs massive, the mass consisting of crystals or crystalline fibres often disposed in a radiating form.1823, William Phillips, An Elementary Introduction to the Knowledge of Mineralogy

Questions about anthophyllites

What is anthophyllites the plural of?
Anthophyllites is the plural of anthophyllite.

Words near anthophyllites in the dictionary

  1. anthophorids
  2. anthophorinid
  3. anthophorinids
  4. anthophorous
  5. anthophyllite
  6. anthophyllites
  7. anthophyte
  8. anthophytes
  9. anthoponotic
  10. anthoptosis
  11. anthora

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