Crossword-Solution: ANTHOPHYLLITE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Anthophyllite | n. | A mineral of the hornblende group, of a yellowish gray or clove brown color. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EARTE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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GEOLOGIC FEATURES Asbestos consists mostly of magnesium silicate minerals--chrysotile, anthophyllite, and crocidolite.
Anthophyllite fibers, on the other hand, are short, coarse, and brittle, and can be used only for lower-grade purposes.
The asbestos formerly used in the arts was generally a fibrous form of some kind of amphibole, like tremolite, or anthophyllite, though occasionally perhaps a pyroxene.
Two distinct types of alteration are common: Alteration of the olivine or pyroxene to serpentine, with development of chrysotile in places; and alteration of olivine or pyroxene to amphibole with development of anthophyllite (a variety of amphibole) and related forms.
Anthophyllite asbestos (Georgia type) results from alteration of peridotites or pyroxenites to amphibole, giving the fibrous anthophyllite and related forms.