Fibrous Blue Crocidolite
Fibrous Blue Crocidolite from Prieska District, Namaqualand, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Collection Robert Lavinsky
Description This is an old-time piece of Crocidolite asbestos from mining in South Africa. Fortunately, it was not used much commercially in the U.S., because it turned out to be perhaps the worst perpetrator of asbestos lung disease. Ex. Mullane Collection.
Locality Prieska District, Namaqualand, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Dimensions 7.6 x 3.9 x 2.8 cm.
Specimen Grade B
Photograph www.iRocks.com Photo

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