crocidolite
n. நீலக் கல்நார், தென் ஆப்பிரிக்காவிலுள்ள நீலக் கல்நாரின் மஞ்சள்நிற உருத்திரிபு வகை.
Cro*cid"o*lite (kr-sd"-lt), n. Etym: [Gr. kroky`s nap on cloth + - lite.] (Min.) Defn: A mineral occuring in silky fibers of a lavender blue color. It is related to hornblende and is essentially a silicate of iron and soda; -- called also blue asbestus. A silicified form, in which the fibers penetrating quartz are changed to oxide of iron, is the yellow brown tiger-eye of the jewelers.