antigorite

English

Etymology

After its locality in Valle 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)
Polish: antygoryt (pl) m
Portuguese: antigorita f

Further reading

David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Antigorite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
“antigorite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

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