chrysotile

chrysotile
chryso·tile (krisґo-tīl) the most widely used form of asbestos, a gray-green magnesium silicate in the serpentine class of asbestos; inhalation of its dust may cause asbestosis and, rarely, forms of mesothelioma and other lung cancers.

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