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quenelle (iou) and actinolite (sh)


quenelle (iou)



quenelle noun. M19.
[French, of unkn. origin.]
A seasoned ball or roll of meat or fish ground to a paste.

actinolite (sh)




Colourless to green amphibole mineral, darkening with increased iron content from green to black.

It has a prismatic and splintery texture and is abundant in regionally metamorphosed (see metamorphism) rocks such as schists. Actinolite has a monoclinic crystal structure, and it may alter to chlorite. See also asbestos.