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Record 1 2011-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
  • Asbestos Mining
DEF

... an iron-rich, asbestiform variety of amphibole occurring in long fibers.

CONT

The term asbestos means the fibrous form of mineral silicates belonging to rock-forming minerals of the serpentine group, i.e. chrysotile (white asbestos), and of the amphibole group, i.e. actinolite, amosite (brown asbestos, cummingtonite-grunerite), anthophyllite, crocidolite (blue asbestos), tremolite ...

OBS

[Amosite] may consist of an orthorhombic amphibole ... or of a monoclinic amphibole ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
  • Mines d'amiante
DEF

Variété d'amiante ou asbeste appartenant au groupe des amphiboles et au sous-groupe des anthophyllites ferrifères (ou ferroanthophyllites).

CONT

Substance minérale naturelle, l'amiante ou asbeste est un silicate fibreux. On distingue deux groupes minéralogiques, les serpentines et les amphiboles [...] Les amphiboles comprennent cinq variétés : la crocidolite (ou amiante bleu), l'amosite (ou amiante brun), la trémolite, l'actinolite, l'anthophyllite.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mineralogía
  • Minas de amianto
CONT

Los asbestos son una familia de minerales fibrosos, los cuales incluyen actinolita, amosita, antofilita, crisolita, crocidolita y tremolita.

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