Lichen deterioration of asbestos and asbestiform minerals of serpentinite rocks in Western Alps

The name is derived from the Greek word for inextinguishable or indestructible, and the adjective asbestiform. is applied to any mineral that is readily separable into more or less flexible fibers. Among the more important asbestiform minerals, from the standpoint of toughness, incombustibility, and low heat conductivity, the following are included under the general trade name of asbestos: Chrysotile (serpentine asbestos), amphibole (including fibrous varieties of tremolite, actinolite, etc.), anthophyllite asbestos, crocidolite (Cape blue asbestos), and amosite. Unless stated otherwise, however, the term asbestos usually means chrysotile. It is the only variety of known to occur in commercial quantities in Arizona. 97 p.

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