CHRYSOTILE

chrysotile

(noun) a grey or green fibrous mineral; an important source of commercial asbestos

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Noun

chrysotile (countable and uncountable, plural chrysotiles)

(mineral) A fibrous silicate mineral with the chemical formula Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4; a form of serpentine asbestos.

Anagrams

• chrysolite

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16 March 2025

SUSPENDED

(adjective) (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment; “suspended matter such as silt or mud...”; “dust particles suspended in the air”; “droplets in suspension in a gas”


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