different between fibrous vs crocidolite

fibrous

English

Etymology

fibre +? -ous

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?fa?b??s/
  • Hyphenation: fi?brous

Adjective

fibrous (comparative more fibrous, superlative most fibrous)

  1. Of or pertaining to fibre.
  2. Containing many fibres - referring mainly to food.

Translations

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crocidolite

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (krókus, nap of cloth/wool) and ????? (líthos, stone), for its appearance.

Noun

crocidolite (plural crocidolites)

  1. (mineralogy) A fibrous, blue-green mineral that is an asbestos-like variety of riebeckite.

Synonyms

  • blue asbestos
  • Cape blue

Further reading

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Crocidolite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
  • “crocidolite”, in Mindat.org?[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

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