parachrysotile

English

Etymology

From para- +‎ chrysotile.

Noun

parachrysotile (countable and uncountable, plural parachrysotiles)

1. (mineralogy) An orthorhombic polytype of chrysotile.

Further reading

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