Transactions . reached itsmaximum. Asbestos. Mineralogically asbestos is a general term. Pliny used theterm for the fibrous members of the amphibole family, as tre-molite, actinolite and crocidolite. Dana uses the term also forthe delicately fibrous and silky chrysotile. Commercially asbestos includes both the fibrous amphibolesand serpentines. The asbestos of Mt. Holly, Vt., is delicatelyfibrous, white to greenish white tremolite. The asbestos of Edenand Lowell is mostly chrysotile. A little actinolite is found atthe New England mine on the south side of Belvidere Mt., butthe asbestos of the

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Transactions . reached itsmaximum. Asbestos. Mineralogically asbestos is a general term. Pliny used theterm for the fibrous members of the amphibole family, as tre-molite, actinolite and crocidolite. Dana uses the term also forthe delicately fibrous and silky chrysotile. Commercially asbestos includes both the fibrous amphibolesand serpentines. The asbestos of Mt. Holly, Vt., is delicatelyfibrous, white to greenish white tremolite. The asbestos of Edenand Lowell is mostly chrysotile. A little actinolite is found atthe New England mine on the south side of Belvidere Mt., butthe asbestos of the Lowell Lumber and Asbestos Co. at Chrysotile,Vt., is chr>.sotile. The amphibole varieties cany from 1 to 2%of water, while the latter carries from 12 to 14% of the water ofcr^.stallization. The true asbestos—serpentine, variety chryso-tile—is silky or silky-metallic in In colour it ranges throughgreenish white, green, olive green to brown. In texture it isdelicately fibrous, flexible and (^iiarryiii^ at tlie Chrysutile Aabostos Mints. Chrysotilf \<rinonf I S \

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