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byssolite
An olive-green asbestiform variety of tremolite-actinolite. The term is used in the gem trade for a variety of quartz-containing, greenish, fibrous inclusions of actinolite or asbestos.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Mining
- Category: General mining; Mineral mining
- Government Agency: USBM
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