Mineral Name Chrysotile
First Discovered 1834
Nickel-Strunz Classification 09.ED.15
Dana Classification 71.01.02d.00
ICSD Pre IMA
Mineral Group Silicates

 

White Asbestos is another name for the mineral chrysotile and not a valid name for a mineral.

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