picrolite
Mineralogy
noun
A variety of serpentine occurring as fibrous or columnar crystals varying in colour from dark green to greyish, probably identical with antigorite.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in Robert Jameson (1774–1854), geologist and natural historian. After German Pikrolit.
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- personal god
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- personal high
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- personal idealist
- personal identification number
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- personal information manager
- personal injury
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- shot on goal
- shot-peen
- shotproof
- shot-put
- shot-putter
- shot-putting
- shotted
- shotten herring
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- shot to pieces (or to hell)