a black or greenish-black mineral from the hornblende group, found in igneous and metamorphic rocks
Examples of 'anthophyllite' in a sentence
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Hydration reactions include the breakdown of cordierite and orthopyroxene to gedrite + kyanite, and anthophyllite, respectively.
Jan Marten Huizenga, Dirk van Reenen, Jacques L.R. Touret 2014, 'Fluid-rock interaction in retrograde granulites of the Southern Marginal Zone, Limpopohigh grade terrain, South Africa', Geoscience Frontiershttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987114000218. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The effects of dry grinding on tremolite asbestos and anthophyllite asbestos in eccentric vibration mills have not yet been investigated.
Andrea Bloise, Robert Kusiorowski, Alessandro F. Gualtieri 2018, 'The Effect of Grinding on Tremolite Asbestos and Anthophyllite Asbestos', Mineralshttp://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/8/7/274. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)