An-thŏph'yl-līte or Ănʹtho-phy'lʹlite, n.

(117), n. [Fr. anthophyllite, N. Lat. anthophyllus, mother-clove, from ἄνθος, flower, and φύλλον, leaf.] A mineral of the hornblende family, occurring in brittle fibers, or fibrous or bladed masses, of different shades of dark brown, and sometimes with a semi-metallic luster. It consists chiefly of silica, magnesia, and oxide of iron, and is found abundantly in some crystalline rocks.