Tags: Chemical Substance, Mineral.
Chrysotile or white asbestos is the most commonly encountered form of asbestos accounting for approximately 95% of the asbestos in place in the United States and a similar proportion in other countries. It is a soft fibrous silicate mineral in the serpentine group of phyllosilicates; as such it is distinct from other asbestiform minerals in the amphibole group. Its idealized chemical formula is Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4.
