crocidolite

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The six types of asbestos are chrysotile, crocidolite, amosite, anthophyllite asbestos, tremolite asbestos, and actinolite asbestos.

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  1. noun A fibrous, lavender-blue or greenish mineral, a sodium iron silicate that is used as a commercial form of asbestos.

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  • Had a sheen something like a crocidolite, but of course it didn't have the tiger's eye coloring of crocidolite. —  118 - The Devil's Black Rock
  • The six types of asbestos are chrysotile, crocidolite, amosite, anthophyllite asbestos, tremolite asbestos, and actinolite asbestos. —  MyLinkVault Newest Links
  • A ban by the government of Dubai on the sale of crocidolite and amosite asbestos has failed to prevent the sale of asbestos containing sheets of building material in the black market. —  Best Syndication -
  • In the early 1950s, the Kent brand of cigarettes used crocidolite asbestos as part of the filter, a known active carcinogen. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
  • Asbestos consists mostly of magnesium silicate minerals -- chrysotile, anthophyllite, and crocidolite. —  The Economic Aspect of Geology
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  1. Greek krokus, krokis, krokud-, krokid-, nap on woolen cloth + -lite.

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  1. from Greek κροκίς (κροκιδ-), improperly for κροκύς (κροκυδ-), the flock or nap of cloth (from κρόκη, thread, the thread passed between the threads of the warp, from κρέκειν, weave, strike the web with the κερκίς or comb, literally strike with a noise), + λίθος, a stone.
 

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