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A pale grey-green piece of serpentine with long parallel fibrous striations along one face, kept in a clip-top glass jar. A handwritten collector's card reads "Chrysotile", locality "Verde Antique Mine, Rochester", size 2.75 x 2.5 x 1.5 and weight 8.4 oz, with the fluorescence lines left blank. Chrysotile is the serpentine asbestos that made up most commercial use.
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- Mineral specimen in the AsbestosClaims.Law collection
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- Specimen card reads "Chrysotile", locality "Verde Antique Mine"; identification from the card only; not tested.
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- ACL Doc 14785 · asbestosclaims.law/library/14785
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