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erionite

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erionite [′er·ē·ə‚nīt]
(mineralogy)
A chabazite mineral of the zeolite family that contains calcium ions and crystallizes in the hexagonal system.


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The Asbestos Mesothelioma Cancer affected patients are noticed to contain something called erionite fibers in the biopsies of their lungs.
Widening the scope of the potential problem, asbestos-related disease has also been documented in towns where exposure was to naturally occurring mineral fibers that do not fit historical "regulated" asbestos definitions--such as exposure to fluoro-edenite in Sicily (Comba, Gianfagna, & Paoletti, 2003) or to erionite in the Cappadocia region of Turkey (Emri et al.
Epidemiological and environmental evidence of the health effects of exposure to erionite fibres: a four-year study in the Cappadocian region of Turkey.
 
 
 
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