Definition of Actinolite. Meaning of Actinolite. Synonyms of Actinolite

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Definition of Actinolite

Actinolite
Actinolite Ac*tin"o*lite, n. [Gr. ?, ?, ray + -lite.] (Min.) A bright green variety of amphibole occurring usually in fibrous or columnar masses.

Meaning of Actinolite from wikipedia

- Actinolite is an amphibole silicate mineral with the chemical formula Ca2(Mg4.5–2.5Fe2+0.5–2.5)Si8O22(OH)2. The name actinolite is derived from the Gr****...
- Actinolite (/ækˈtɪnoʊlaɪt/ ak-TIN-oh-lyte) is a compact rural community within geographic Elzevir Township in the Muni****lity of Tweed, Hastings County...
- rich in dolomite and quartz. Tremolite forms a series with actinolite and ferro-actinolite. Pure magnesium tremolite is creamy white, but the color grades...
- a metamorphic rock that contains amphibole, especially hornblende and actinolite, as well as plagioclase feldspar, but with little or no quartz. It is...
- minerals include quartz, orthoclase, talc, carbonate minerals and amphibole (actinolite). Greenschist is a general field petrologic term for metamorphic or altered...
- ambiguity. The name was used by René Just Haüy to include tremolite, actinolite and hornblende. The group was so named by Haüy in allusion to the protean...
- Ferro-actinolite is the ferrous iron-rich endmember of the actinolite-tremolite continuous solid solution series of the double chain calcareous amphibole...
- Abernathyite Abhurite Abramovite Abswurmbachite Acanthite Achávalite Actinolite A****inite Adamite Adamsite-(Y) Adelite Admontite Aegirine Aenigmatite...
- vermiculite contaminated with asbestos, typically richterite, winchite, actinolite or tremolite. Vermiculite contaminated with asbestos from the Libby mine...
- asbestos with UN 2212 limited to asbestos, amphibole amosite, tremolite, actinolite, anthophyllite, or crocidolite. Another exception, NA 3334, is self-defense...