antigorite

English

Etymology

After its locality in Valle Antigorio, Italy, +‎ -ite.

Noun

antigorite (plural antigorites)

1. (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^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.