asbestiform habit

crystallography

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amphiboles

  • Figure 2: Illustration of pyroxene single-chain silicon-oxygen tetrahedral structure (SiO3)n and amphibole double-chain structure (Si4O11)n.
    In amphibole: Physical properties

    …known to crystallize in the asbestiform habit. The asbestiform variety of riebeckite is called crocidolite or blue asbestos. Amosite is a rare asbestiform variety of grunerite, named from the company Amos (Asbestos Mines of South Africa). The most important commercial asbestos material is chrysotile, the asbestiform variety of serpentine.

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