anthophyllite

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{n} anthophyllite
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A dark brown amphibole mineral; a mixed silicate of iron and magnesium

Anthophyllite is of a brownish colour, and glistening, pearly, pseudo-metallic lustre; it occurs massive, the mass consisting of crystals or crystalline fibres often disposed in a radiating form.

a dark brown mineral of the amphibole group; magnesium iron silicate
Amphibole mineral, a magnesium and iron silicate that occurs in altered rocks, such as the crystalline schists of Kongsberg, Norway; southern Greenland; and Pennsylvania. Anthophyllite is commonly produced by regional metamorphism of ultrabasic rocks (see acid and basic rocks)
A mineral of the hornblende group, of a yellowish gray or clove brown color
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{n} anthophyllite