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Authors: | Dichicco, Maria Carmela* Paternoster, Michele* Rizzo, Giovanna* Sinisi, Rosa* |
Title: | Mineralogical Asbestos Assessment in the Southern Apennines (Italy): A Review | Journal: | Fibers | Series/Report no.: | 3/7 (2019) | Issue Date: | 10-Mar-2019 | DOI: | 10.3390/fib7030024 | Keywords: | asbestos’ minerals; edenite; serpentinites; Southern Italy | Abstract: | This paper deals with petrography and mineralogy of serpentinitic rocks occurring in the Southern Apennines (Italy) with the aim to review the already available literature data and furnish new details on asbestos minerals present in the studied area. Two sites of Southern Italy were taken into account: the Pollino Massif, at the Calabrian-Lucanian border, and the surroundings of the Gimigliano and Mt. Reventino areas where serpentinites of Frido Unit are mainly exposed. Textural and mineralogical features of the studied rocks point to a similar composition for both sites including asbestos minerals such as chrysotile and tremolite-actinolite series mineral phases. Only in the Pollino Massif serpentinites edenite crystals have been detected as well; they are documented here for the first time. This amphibole forms as fibrous and/or prismatic crystals in aggregates associated with serpentine, pyroxene, and calcite. Metamorphism and/or metasomatic alteration of serpentinites are the most probable processes promoting the edenite formation in the Southern Apennine ophiolitic rocks |
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