Definition of Fibrolite. Meaning of Fibrolite. Synonyms of Fibrolite

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Definition of Fibrolite

Fibrolite
Fibrolite 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.

Meaning of Fibrolite from wikipedia

- Fibrolite may refer to: one variety of the mineral Sillimanite house cladding sheets made from asbestos cement, widely used in Australia and New Zealand...
- Kyanite Andalusite Sillimanite Sillimanite or fibrolite is an aluminosilicate mineral with the chemical formula Al2SiO5. Sillimanite is named after the...
- genericized as fibro, fibrolite (short for "fibrous (or fibre) cement sheet"; but different from the natural mineral fibrolite), or AC sheet, is a composite...
- always small structures, usually made of cheap or recycled material like fibrolite (asbestos cement sheet), corrugated iron, or used timber. They were influenced...
- side of the township. The crib had large hedges on both sides, and a fibrolite shed at the rear. The group spotted Gray briefly at a window, and a battle...
- funerary chamber contained rich furniture consisting of 11 jadeite axes, 26 fibrolite axes and 249 callaïs beads. These objects are kept in the Archaeological...
- the use of cladding systems such as fibre cement sheet (generic name Fibrolite in New Zealand) and EIPS (Externally Insulated Plaster System) that relied...
- and phyllitic schist that contain andalusite, kyanite, sillimanite, fibrolite, and retrograde chlorite. This suggests a metamorphic grade similar to...
- muscovite displays colorful birefringence and sillimanite is of the variety "fibrolite". Sillimanite is considered a diagnostic mineral for peraluminous S-type...
- constructed of Brisbane Tuff. During the Second World War, a number of fibrolite military buildings were constructed at various points in Victoria Park...