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chrysotile

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chrys⋅o⋅tile

[kris-uh-til]
–noun Mineralogy.
a fibrous variety of serpentine; asbestos.

Origin:
1840–50; chryso- + Gk tílos something plucked
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chrys·o·tile   (krĭs'ə-tĭl')   
n.  A fibrous mineral variety of serpentine forming part of commercial asbestos.

[German Chrysotil : Greek khrūso-, chryso- + Greek tilos, something plucked (from tillein, to pluck).]
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