Asbestos

Asbestos is a set o sax silicate minerals that occurs naitural-like.^[1] The things thay aa hae in common is thair eponymous asbestiform habit: lang (aboot 1:20 aspect ratio), thin fibrous creestals, wi ilka viesible feebre makkit o millions o microscopic "fibrils" that can be released bi abrasion an ither processes.^[2] Thay are for ordinar kent bi thair colours, the likes o blue asbestos, broun asbestos, white asbestos, an green asbestos.

Asbestos
Fibrous tremolite asbestos on muscovite
General
Category	Meeneral
Strunz clessification	09.ED.15
Dana clessification	71.01.02d.03
Creestal seestem	Orthorhombic
Identification
Formula mass	277.11 g
Colour	Green, reid, yellae, white, blue
Creestal habit	Amorphous, granular, massive
Fractur	Fibrous
Mohs scale haurdness	2.5–3
Skinkle	Silky
Streak	White
Optical properties	Biaxial
Birefringence	0.008
2V angle	20° tae 60°
Dispersion	relatively waik
Ultraviolet fluorescence	Non-fluorescent