[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

crocidolite \crocid"olite\ kr?-s?d"?-l?t, n. gr. kroky`s
   nap on cloth + -lite. min.
   a mineral occuring in silky fibers of a lavender blue color.
   it is related to hornblende and is essentially a silicate of
   iron and soda; -- called also blue asbestus. a silicified
   form, in which the fibers penetrating quartz are changed to
   oxide of iron, is the yellow brown tiger-eye of the
   jewelers.
   1913 webster
see also:
blue asbestus tiger-eye 

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