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tremolite |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tremolite \Trem"o*lite\, n. [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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Amphibole \Am"phi*bole\ ([a^]m"f[i^]*b[=o]l), n. [Gr. 'amfi`bolos doubtful, equivocal, fr 'amfiba`llein to throw round, to doubt: cf F. amphibole. Ha["u]y so named the genus from the great variety of color and composition assumed by the mineral.] (Min.) A common mineral embracing many varieties varying in color and in composition. It occurs in monoclinic crystals; also massive, generally with fibrous or columnar structure. The color varies from white to gray, green, brown, and black. It is a silicate of magnesium and calcium, with usually aluminium and iron. Some common varieties are {tremolite}, {actinolite}, {asbestus}, {edenite}, {hornblende} (the last name being also used as a general term for the whole species). Amphibole is a constituent of many crystalline rocks, as syenite, diorite, most varieties of trachyte, etc See {Hornblende}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tremolite n : a white or pale green mineral (calcium magnesium silicate) of the amphibole group used as a form of asbestos
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