German explorer Emil Riebeck (1853–1885). The mineral is also known as crocidolite.: 50  Riebeckite typically forms dark-blue elongated to fibrous crystals...

One formula given for crocidolite is Na2FeII3FeIII2Si8O22(OH)2. Crocidolite is seen under a microscope as a blue fiber. Crocidolite commonly occurs as soft...

pseudomorphous replacement. A classic example is tiger's eye quartz, crocidolite asbestos replaced by silica. While quartz typically forms prismatic (elongate...

often termed amosite or "brown asbestos", and riebeckite is known as crocidolite or "blue asbestos". These are generally called amphibole asbestos. Mining...

gravity ranges from 2.64 to 2.71. It is formed by the alteration of crocidolite. Serpentine deposits in the US states of Arizona and California can have...

asbestos, amphibole amosite, tremolite, actinolite, anthophyllite, or crocidolite. Another exception, NA 3334, is self-defense spray, non-pressurized while...

16-35% asbestos, typically a blend of amosite and chrysotile, though crocidolite was also used in early boards. AIB is softer, more porous and less dense...

Quartzite Realgar Rhodizite Rhodochrosite Rhodonite Richterite Riebeckite Crocidolite (var.) Rosasite Rutile Samarskite Sanidine Sapphirine Sarcolite Scapolite...

.." It has been suggested that SV40 may act as a co-carcinogen with crocidolite asbestos to cause mesothelioma. Some vaccines made in the US between...

serpentine class and those belonging to the amphibole class: amosite, crocidolite, tremolite, anthophyllite and actinolite. Short, fiber-like minerals...

(all forms, including actinolite, amosite, anthophyllite, chrysotile, crocidolite, tremolite) Azathioprine Benzene Benzidine, and dyes metabolized to Benzo[a]pyrene...

Mulga Downs property. In 1937, Hancock showed samples of blue asbestos (crocidolite) that he had picked up in the Gorge to Islwyn Walters and Walter Leonard...

chronic exposure to asbestos are asbestosis and mesothelioma. Amosite and crocidolite are considered the most hazardous asbestos fiber types; however, chrysotile...

minerals include riebeckite, an amphibole whose fibrous form is known as crocidolite or "blue asbestos", and brown asbestos, a cummingtonite-grunerite solid...

TobaccoTactics. Retrieved 2022-03-24. Longo WE, Rigler MW, Slade J (1995). "Crocidolite asbestos fibers in smoke from original Kent cigarettes". Cancer Research...

every year. Existence of crocidolite (blue asbestos) in the Hamersley Range has been known since 1915. In 1917 crocidolite was discovered at Wittenoom...

Kuruman include manganese, iron ore, tiger's eye and crocidolite. The richest deposits of crocidolite in the world are found in the Kuruman district. According...

structure. Blue quartz contains inclusions of fibrous magnesio-riebeckite or crocidolite. Inclusions of the mineral dumortierite within quartz pieces often result...

The Koegas mine was a crocidolite (blue asbestos) mine in Northern Cape, South Africa. It lies near to the town of Prieska and drew much of its workforce...

country in deposits of zinc, lead, tin, cadmium, indium, thallium and crocidolite. Other deposits include iron, coal, copper, gold, mercury, silver, antimony...

needed] Between 1952 and 1956, the Lorillard 'Kent Micronite' brand used a crocidolite asbestos filter, made by the Hollingsworth & Vose company, which later...

manufacturers of asbestos-related products, including those made with blue crocidolite asbestos mined in South Africa. Turner & Newall was responsible for the...

War II and Soviet Cold War gas masks contained chrysotile asbestos or crocidolite asbestos in their filters, not known to be harmful at the time. It is...

1977 prohibited the storage and use of crocidolite (blue asbestos) and materials or products containing crocidolite and also prohibited "the spraying of...

mines at Wittenoom, Western Australia that produced 161,000 tons of crocidolite fibre. During this time, thousands of workers and their families, visitors...

(polytype of chrysotile) Coltan (short for minerals of the columbite group) Crocidolite (asbestiform riebeckite) Cymophane (variety of chrysoberyl) Danalite...

is the main industry. From 1938 to 1966 blue asbestos, also known as crocidolite, was carried here by truck from Wittenoom for shiploading by the Australian...

asbestos, in most cases brown amosite from South Africa, although blue crocidolite has been detected. It was blown into the roof spaces of homes during...

(February 2012). "Malignant mesotheliomas in former miners and millers of crocidolite at Wittenoom (Western Australia) after more than 50 years follow-up"...

responsible for the mining, bagging and distribution of blue asbestos or crocidolite, in Wittenoom, in northern Western Australia. The operation, purchased...