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    Chrysotile or white asbestos is the most commonly encountered form of asbestos, accounting for approximately 95% of the asbestos in the United States and...
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    structure. Chrysotile (commonly known as white asbestos) is the only asbestos mineral in the serpentine group. In the United States, chrysotile has been...
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    important mineral polymorphs of serpentine: antigorite, lizardite and chrysotile. Serpentine minerals are polymorphous, meaning that they have the same...
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    government would no longer oppose inclusion of chrysotile in the convention. Eight of the largest chrysotile producing and exporting countries opposed such...
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  • Chondrodite Chrisstanleyite Christite Chromite Chromium Chrysoberyl Chrysocolla Chrysotile Chvaleticeite Cinnabar Clarkeite Claudetite Clausthalite Clearcreekite...
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    xenoliths erupted in kimberlite and alkali basalt. Diopside is a precursor of chrysotile (white asbestos) by hydrothermal alteration and magmatic differentiation;...
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  • Chondrodite Chrysoberyl Alexandrite (var.) Cymophane Chromite Chrysocolla Chrysotile Cinnabar Clinochlore Clinohumite Clinozoisite Clintonite Cobaltite Colemanite...
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    mineral composition of serpentinite is usually dominated by lizardite, chrysotile (two minerals of the serpentine subgroup), and magnetite (Fe3O4), with...
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    serpentinization include the serpentine group minerals (antigorite, lizardite, chrysotile), brucite, talc, Ni-Fe alloys, and magnetite. The mineral alteration is...
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    are linked to chrysotile and asbestos exposure. Public health authorities generally recommend against inhaling brake dust, chrysotile has been banned...
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