Byssolite

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An olive-green fibrous variety of hornblende. countable, uncountable

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amianthusamianthus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βύσσος (bússos, “flax”) + -lite. By surface analysis, byss(us) + -o- + lite.

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