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crocidolite /cro·cid·o·lite/ (kro-sid´o-līt) an amphibole type of asbestos that causes asbestosis as well as mesotheliomas and other cancers. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Health Canada categorizes the different types of asbestos under two broad mineralogical groups: serpentine (chrysotile) and amphibole (tremolite, actinolite, amosite, anthophyllite, crocidolite, etc). Iron Mobilization from crocidolite asbestos greatly enhances crocidolite-dependent formation of DNA single strand breaks in [phi]X174 RFI DNA. Wibel proposed that hawk's-eye forms in Earth's crust when quartz dissolved in hot water infiltrates spaces between crocidolite fibers and then slowly replaces the asbestos' molecules. |
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