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- Chrysotile [pronunciation?] or white asbestos is the most commonly encountered form of asbestos, accounting for approximately 95% of the asbestos in the...
- important mineral polymorphs of serpentine: antigorite, lizardite and chrysotile. Serpentine minerals are polymorphous, meaning that they have the same...
- structure. Chrysotile (commonly known as white asbestos) is the only asbestos mineral in the serpentine group. In the United States, chrysotile has been...
- area of dispute remains the so-called chrysotile-defense. Manufacturers of some products containing only chrysotile fibers claim that these are not as harmful...
- Chrysotile is a former mining town in Gila County, Arizona, United States. It has an estimated elevation of 4,678 feet (1,426 m) above sea level. "Feature...
- government would no longer oppose inclusion of chrysotile in the convention. Eight of the largest chrysotile producing and exporting countries opposed such...
- lizardite, chrysotile (minerals of the serpentine subgroup), and magnetite (Fe3O4), with brucite (Mg(OH)2) less commonly present. Lizardite, chrysotile, and...
- serpentinization include the serpentine group minerals (antigorite, lizardite, chrysotile), brucite, talc, Ni-Fe alloys, and magnetite. The mineral alteration is...
- elevation of 5,267 feet (1,605 m). The rock is composed of asbestos (chrysotile), an ultramafic rock. It weathers to produce serpentine soils with characteristically...
- xenoliths erupted in kimberlite and alkali basalt. Diopside is a precursor of chrysotile (white asbestos) by hydrothermal alteration and magmatic differentiation;...