orthochrysotile

English

Etymology

ortho- +‎ chrysotile

Noun

orthochrysotile (countable and uncountable, plural orthochrysotiles)

1. (mineralogy) An orthorhombic polytype of chrysotile.

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Orthochrysotile”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “orthochrysotile”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.