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Webster 1913 Edition


Anthophyllite

An-thoph′yl-lite

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Noun.
[NL.
anthophyllum
clove.]
A mineral of the hornblende group, of a yellowish gray or clove brown color.
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Anˊtho-phyl-lit′ic
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Adj.

Webster 1828 Edition


Anthophyllite

ANTHOPH'YLLITE

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Noun.
[Gr. a flower, and a leaf.]
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.