Definitions for actinolite

actinolite ac·tin·o·lite

Spelling: [ak-tin-l-ahyt, ak-tuh-nl-]
IPA: /ækˈtɪn lˌaɪt, ˈæk tə nl-/

Actinolite is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 581 anagrams from letters in actinolite (aceiilnott).

Definitions for actinolite

noun

  1. a variety of amphibole, occurring in greenish bladed crystals or in masses.

Origin of actinolite

First recorded in 1825-35; actino- + -lite

Examples for actinolite

actinolite is a green silicate of lime, magnesia, and iron 322 especially common in certain metamorphic rocks.

Byssolite, bis′o-līt, n. an olive-green variety of actinolite, in long crystals.

It is entirely composed of a slaty rock, traversed by numerous veins of actinolite.

The actinolite slate is dark green, and formed by an almost insensible gradation from the mica slate.

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