orthochrysotile

English

Etymology

ortho- +‎ chrysotile

Noun

orthochrysotile (countable and uncountable, plural orthochrysotiles)

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic polytype of chrysotile.

Further reading

David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Orthochrysotile”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
“orthochrysotile”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

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