parachrysotile

English

Etymology

para- +‎ chrysotile

Noun

parachrysotile (countable and uncountable, plural parachrysotiles)

  1. (mineralogy) An orthorhombic polytype of chrysotile.

Further reading

  • “Parachrysotile” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • parachrysotile mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016
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