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Webster 1913 Edition
Anthophyllite
An-thoph′yl-lite
,Noun.
[NL.
anthophyllum
clove.] A mineral of the hornblende group, of a yellowish gray or clove brown color.
– Anˊtho-phyl-lit′ic
, Adj.
Webster 1828 Edition
Anthophyllite
ANTHOPH'YLLITE
,Noun.
A mineral in masses composed of interlaced plates, or crystallized in reed-shaped crystals, which appear to be four sided prisms longitudinally streaked. The color is between dark yellowish gray and olive brown; the luster shining and pearly.