antigorite

[ an-tig-uh-rahyt ]

noun

, Mineralogy.

1. a variety of serpentine occurring in a brownish-green lamellar form.

Word History and Origins

Origin of antigorite¹

1860–65; named after Antigorio valley in N Italy where first found + -ite ¹

Example Sentences

They shot pea-sized pebbles of a rock called antigorite, similar to the material of carbonaceous chondrites, at a small sample of pumice, meant to mimic a dry earth.

From New York Times

At that speed the energy of the impact generated such heat that some of the water in the antigorite was vaporized, but it was absorbed by the melted pumice as it solidified and fused with bits of antigorite.

From New York Times