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On talc, tremolite, and tergiversation.

1990; BMJ; Volume: 47; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1136/oem.47.8.505

1470-7926

Robert B. Reger, W. K. C. Morgan,

Therapeutic Uses of Natural Elements

On talc, tremolite, and tergiversation Asbestos is a generic term applied to several silicates that can be separated into long, thin fibres and woven into cloth.The minerals that constitute the various types of asbestos also exist as non-asbestiform variants.Some of these minerals have a different name attached to them according to whether they are asbestiform or non-asbestiform.Thus the non- asbestiform counterpart of chrysotile is antigorite.Chrysotile, crocidolite, and amosite have specific names for their non-asbestiform counterparts but anthophyllite tremolite, and actinolite asbestos do not.