CHRYSOTILE


Meaning of CHRYSOTILE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˌtī(-ə)l ]

noun

Etymology: German Chrysotil, from chrys- + -til fiber, from Greek tillein to pluck

Date: 1850

: a mineral consisting of a fibrous silky variety of serpentine and constituting a common form and principal source of asbestos

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