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直閃石 (chokusenseki) Japanese meaning: anthophyllite | Kotomora

直ちょく閃せん石せき

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Meanings

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anthophyllite

A mineral name used in geology and mineralogy; an amphibole mineral.

直ちょく閃せん石せきは角かく閃せん石せきグループに属ぞくする鉱こう物

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Anthophyllite is a mineral belonging to the amphibole group.

Kanji

直straightaway, honesty, frankness
閃flash, brandish
石stone

Word family

礬ばん土ど直ちょく閃せん石せき
gedrite

Etymology

A mineral name formed from 直, “straight,” and 閃石, “amphibole,” referring to the mineral’s straight extinction under a polarizing microscope.