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crocidolite

crocidolite noun: a fibrous, blue-green mineral that is a variety of riebeckite and is one of the six types of asbestos.

crocidolite: a fibrous, blue-green mineral that is a variety of riebeckite and is one of the six types of...
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Noun

crocidolite (countable and uncountable, plural crocidolites)

  1. A fibrous, blue-green mineral that is a variety of riebeckite and is one of the six types of asbestos.
    Synonyms:
    blue asbestos, Cape blue

Synonyms of crocidolite

Forms of crocidolite

pluralcrocidolites

Origin of crocidolite

From Ancient Greek κροκῠ́ς (krokŭ́s, “nap of cloth/wool”) and λίθος (líthos, “stone”), for its appearance.

Questions about crocidolite

What does crocidolite mean?
Crocidolite means a fibrous, blue-green mineral that is a variety of riebeckite and is one of the six types of asbestos.
What part of speech is crocidolite?
Crocidolite is a noun.
What is the plural of crocidolite?
The plural of crocidolite is crocidolites.

Words near crocidolite in the dictionary

  1. crochetwork
  2. crochety
  3. Crochu
  4. croci
  5. crocias
  6. crocidolite
  7. crocidolites
  8. crocidurate
  9. crocidurates
  10. crocidurine
  11. crocidurines

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