Asbestos, SEM
Scanning electron micrograph (SEM) revealed some of the microcrystalline ultrastructure exhibited by a piece of raw chrysotile, or white asbestos, which had been excavated from the Lowell Asbestos Mine on Belvidere Mountain, Vermont. Note the elongated crystalline structure, and how the fibrils are arranged in both bundles, and if you look carefully, as singular serpentine units. Asbestos is the name given to a group of six different fibrous minerals: amosite, chrysotile, crocidolite, and the fibrous varieties of tremolite, actinolite, and anthophyllite) that occur naturally in the environment. Chrysotile belongs to the serpentine family of minerals, while all of the others belong to the amphibole family. Magnification @ 8000x.
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