antigorite

English

Etymology

After its locality in Antigorio, Italy, +‎ -ite.

Noun

antigorite (plural antigorites)

(mineralogy) A brownish-green variety of serpentine.

Synonyms

baltimorite
picrolite

Translations

brownish-green variety of serpentine

Finnish: lehtiserpentiini, antigoriitti
Japanese: 葉蛇紋石 (ようじゃもんせき, yōjamonseki)

Portuguese: antigorita f

Further reading

“Antigorite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
“antigorite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.

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