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Balangeroite

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Balangeroite is found in one of the most important chrysotile mines in Europe, the Balangero Serpentinite. [1]

32 relations: Amphibole, Asbestiform, Balangero, Calcination, Chrysotile, Electron microprobe, Empirical formula, Europe, Hermann–Mauguin notation, Ion, Iron oxide, Isostructural, Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Late Jurassic, Magnetite, Massif, Metamorphic rock, Monoclinic crystal system, Octahedron, Optical properties, Prism (geometry), Redox, Relict, Serpentine subgroup, Serpentinite, Silicate minerals, Silicon, Subduction, Transmission electron microscopy, Ultramafic rock, Vein (geology), X-ray fluorescence.

Amphibole

Amphibole is an important group of generally dark-colored, inosilicate minerals, forming prism or needlelike crystals, composed of double chain tetrahedra, linked at the vertices and generally containing ions of iron and/or magnesium in their structures.

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Asbestiform

Asbestiform is a crystal habit.

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Balangero

Balangero is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northwest of Turin.

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Calcination

The IUPAC defines calcination as "heating to high temperatures in air or oxygen".

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Chrysotile

Chrysotile or white asbestos is the most commonly encountered form of asbestos, accounting for approximately 95% of the asbestos in the United StatesOccupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor (2007).

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Electron microprobe

An electron microprobe (EMP), also known as an electron probe microanalyzer (EPMA) or electron micro probe analyzer (EMPA), is an analytical tool used to non-destructively determine the chemical composition of small volumes of solid materials.

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Empirical formula

In chemistry, the empirical formula of a chemical compound is the simplest positive integer ratio of atoms present in a compound.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Hermann–Mauguin notation

In geometry, Hermann–Mauguin notation is used to represent the symmetry elements in point groups, plane groups and space groups.

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Ion

An ion is an atom or molecule that has a non-zero net electrical charge (its total number of electrons is not equal to its total number of protons).

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Iron oxide

Iron oxides are chemical compounds composed of iron and oxygen.

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Isostructural

Isostructural chemical compounds have similar chemical structures.

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Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health

The Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health is a peer-reviewed public health journal covering environmental toxicology.

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Late Jurassic

The Late Jurassic is the third epoch of the Jurassic period, and it spans the geologic time from 163.5 ± 1.0 to 145.0 ± 0.8 million years ago (Ma), which is preserved in Upper Jurassic strata.

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Magnetite

Magnetite is a rock mineral and one of the main iron ores, with the chemical formula Fe3O4.

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Massif

In geology, a massif is a section of a planet's crust that is demarcated by faults or flexures.

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Metamorphic rock

Metamorphic rocks arise from the transformation of existing rock types, in a process called metamorphism, which means "change in form".

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Monoclinic crystal system

In crystallography, the monoclinic crystal system is one of the 7 crystal systems.

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Octahedron

In geometry, an octahedron (plural: octahedra) is a polyhedron with eight faces, twelve edges, and six vertices.

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Optical properties

The optical properties of a material define how it interacts with light.

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Prism (geometry)

In geometry, a prism is a polyhedron comprising an n-sided polygonal base, a second base which is a translated copy (rigidly moved without rotation) of the first, and n other faces (necessarily all parallelograms) joining corresponding sides of the two bases.

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Redox

Redox (short for reduction–oxidation reaction) (pronunciation: or) is a chemical reaction in which the oxidation states of atoms are changed.

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Relict

A relict is a surviving remnant of a natural phenomenon.

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Serpentine subgroup

The serpentine subgroup (part of the kaolinite-serpentine group) are greenish, brownish, or spotted minerals commonly found in serpentinite rocks.

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Serpentinite

Serpentinite is a rock composed of one or more serpentine group minerals, the name originating from the similarity of the texture of the rock to that of the skin of a snake.

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Silicate minerals

Silicate minerals are rock-forming minerals with predominantly silicate anions.

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Silicon

Silicon is a chemical element with symbol Si and atomic number 14.

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Subduction

Subduction is a geological process that takes place at convergent boundaries of tectonic plates where one plate moves under another and is forced or sinks due to gravity into the mantle.

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Transmission electron microscopy

Transmission electron microscopy (TEM, also sometimes conventional transmission electron microscopy or CTEM) is a microscopy technique in which a beam of electrons is transmitted through a specimen to form an image.

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Ultramafic rock

Ultramafic (also referred to as ultrabasic rocks, although the terms are not wholly equivalent) are igneous and meta-igneous rocks with a very low silica content (less than 45%), generally >18% MgO, high FeO, low potassium, and are composed of usually greater than 90% mafic minerals (dark colored, high magnesium and iron content).

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Vein (geology)

In geology, a vein is a distinct sheetlike body of crystallized minerals within a rock.

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X-ray fluorescence

X-ray fluorescence (XRF) is the emission of characteristic "secondary" (or fluorescent) X-rays from a material that has been excited by bombarding with high-energy X-rays or gamma rays.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balangeroite

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