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Webster 1913 Edition


Fibrolite

Fi′bro-lite

(? or ?)
,
Noun.
[L.
fibra
a fiber +
-lite
: cf. F.
fibrolithe
.]
(Min.)
A silicate of alumina, of fibrous or columnar structure. It is like andalusite in composition; – called also
sillimanite
, and
bucholzite
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Fibrolite

FIB'ROLITE

,
Noun.
[from L. fibra, and Gr.]
A mineral that occurs with corundum, of a white or gray color, composed of minute fibres some of which appear to be rhomboidal prisms.

Definition 2024


fibrolite

fibrolite

English

Noun

fibrolite (countable and uncountable, plural fibrolites)

  1. (mineralogy) Sillimanite.