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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.