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Actinolite

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-000349

1. Mineral in the amphibole group. It is generally not used commercially, but is a common impurity in chrysotile asbestos.

2. A calcic amphibole mineral in the tremolite-ferroactinolite solid solution series. Actinolite can occur in both asbestiform and non-asbestiform mineral habits. The asbestiform variety is often referred to as actinolite asbestos. A mineral in the calcic amphibole group. It is generally not used commercially, but it is a common impurity in chrysotile asbestos.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-000349
FieldEnvironment
SubjectAir
ReferencesAsbestos Terms and Acronyms; Glossary of Asbestos-related Terms and Acronyms
Record as JSON
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  "references": [
    "Asbestos Terms and Acronyms",
    "Glossary of Asbestos-related Terms and Acronyms"
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Record 349 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.