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What is the adjective for asbestos?

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asbestiform
  1. (crystallography) Having a particular kind of fibrosity in which fibers have high tensile strength and flexibility
  2. Examples:
    1. “Asbestos and asbestiform minerals may occur as a natural accessory mineral in other industrial mineral deposits or rocks.”
      “On the other hand, there is evidence that long-term exposure to asbestiform riebeckite can be dangerous.”
      “Asbestos-related disease associated with exposure to asbestiform tremolite.”
asbestoslike
  1. Resembling or characteristic of asbestos.
asbestic
  1. Relating to, or resembling, asbestos.
  2. Synonyms:
asbestous
  1. Relating to, or resembling, asbestos.
  2. Synonyms:
asbestine
  1. Resembling or relating to asbestos.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “It is generally used with lighter pigments, such as asbestine, in order to prevent settling.”
      “Other silicates of magnesia used for paper-making are agalite and asbestine, the latter being a finely ground asbestos.”
      “The results for asbestine orientations 1 and 2 were dissimilar, indicating that the particle shape was like ribbons or needles.”
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