Transcription of Mineral Commodity Profiles—Asbestos
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Mineral Commodity Profiles Department of the Geological SurveyCircular 1255 KKMineral Commodity Profiles AsbestosBy Robert L. VirtaCircular 1255 Department of the Geological Department of the InteriorGale A. Norton, Geological SurveyP. Patrick Leahy, Acting Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia: 2005 For product information: World Wide Web: Telephone: 1-888-ASK-USGSFor more information on the USGS--the Federal source for science about the Earth, its natural and living resources, natural hazards, and the environment: World Wide Web: Telephone: 1-888-ASK-USGSAny use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the this report is in the public domain, permission must be secured from the individual copyright owners to reproduce any copyrighted materials contained within this citation:Virta, , 2005, Mineral Commodity profiles asbestos : Geological Survey Circular 1255 KK, 56 p. iii Contents Overview.
rite asbestos), anthophyllite asbestos, chrysotile, crocidolite (riebeckite asbestos), and tremolite asbestos. Chrysotile is a serpentine group mineral. The other five varieties of asbestos are amphibole group minerals (Campbell and others, 1977, p.
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