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Webster 1913 Edition

Tremolite

Trem′o-lite

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Noun.
[From
Tremola
, a valley in the Alps, where it was discovered.]
(Min.)
A white variety of amphibole, or hornblende, occurring in long, bladelike crystals, and coarsely fibrous masses.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tremolite

TREM'OLITE

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Noun.
A mineral, so called from Tremola, a valley in the Alps, where it was discovered. It is classed by Hauy with hornblend or amphibole, and called amphibole grammatite. It is of three kinds, asbestos, common, and glassy tremolite; all of a fibrous or radiated structure, and of a pearly color.
Tremolite is a subspecies of straight edged augite.

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