blue asbestos

Noun

Meaning

blue asbestos (uncountable)

(mineralogy) Crocdilite

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

actinolite tremolite anthophyllite crocidolite

Examples

The first two are blue fibrous minerals, with glaucophane occurring in blueschists and crocidolite (blue asbestos) in ironstone formations, both resulting from dynamo-metamorphic processes. Source: Internet

World War II gas masks contained blue asbestos in their filters. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

blue aquamarine blue argus Blue Army blue ash blue ash tree blue aster