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crocidolite

or blue asbestos

Gray-blue to green, highly fibrous (asbestiform) form of the amphibole mineral riebeckite. It has higher tensile strength than chrysotile asbestos. The major commercial source is South Africa, where it occurs in Precambrian banded-iron formations; it is also found in Australia and Bolivia.

blue asbestos [¦blü as′bes·təs]

(mineralogy)

crocidolite

riebeckite asbestos

A type of mineral derived from a monoclinic amphibole.

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