chrysotile
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of chrysotile
1840–50; chryso- + Greek tílos something plucked
Example Sentences
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Hotel and Juliet recorded solid samples of chrysotile asbestos - a white asbestos that can be inhaled - between 15% to 30%.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 29, 2023
Hotel and Juliet recorded solid samples of chrysotile asbestos — a white asbestos that can be inhaled — between 15% to 30%.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 28, 2023
They are crocidolite - often referred to as blue asbestos; amosite - often called brown asbestos; and chrysotile - white asbestos.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2022
Most of the asbestos Americans have been exposed to is chrysotile, much of which used to come from Canadian mines until the last one shuttered in 2012.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 5, 2022
In general terms it may be said to be a fibrous variety of serpentine, closely allied to the hornblende family of minerals, the Canadian variety of which is called by mineralogists "chrysotile."
From Asbestos Its production and use, with some account of the asbestos mines of Canada by Robert H. Jones
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