a. [f. L. asbestus (see below) + -(I)FORM.] Having the form or appearance of asbestos.
1799. Kirwan, Geol. Ess., 205. Asbestiform steatite.
1804. Edin. Rev., III. 307. To divide it [actinolite] into the asbestiform, the common, and the glassy.
1866. King & Rowney, in Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc., XXII. I. 187, note. Aragonite occurs … asbestiform, as satin spar.
