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Meaning of FIBROLITE

 
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Fi"bro*lite\ (? or ?), n. [L. fibra a fiber + -lite:
cf. F. fibrolithe.] (Min.)
A silicate of alumina, of fibrous or columnar structure. It
is like andalusite in composition; -- called also
{sillimanite}, and {bucholizite}.

 

 

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