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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.

Definition 2024

tremolite

tremolite

English

Tremolite

Noun

tremolite ‎(countable and uncountable, plural tremolites)

  1. (mineralogy) A pale grey/green amphibole mineral that is a mixed calcium and magnesium silicate, with the chemical formula Ca2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2; sometimes used in place of asbestos.

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