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Record 1 2004-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
CONT

Actinolite is a variety of asbestos, occurring in long, slender, needle-like crystals and also in fibrous, radiated, or columnar forms in metamorphic rocks ...

OBS

acicular: Said of a crystal that is needlelike in form.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
CONT

Actinolite. [...] Elle est isomorphe avec la trémolite et se présente en forme de cristaux aciculaires. Certaines variétés fibreuses sont appelées asbeste ou amiante.

Spanish

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