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Anthophyllite Asbestos Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)

Popular USGS image of magnified anthophyllite asbestos fibers using scanning electron microscopy (SEM); an image used in its entirety or in part by many websites, texts & literature, educational organizations, training & awareness graphics, etc., to demonstrate microscopic and fibrous properties of asbestos.

 

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Anthophyllite asbestos, Georgia, U.S.; Scanning electron microscope (SEM).

 

Author: USGS

 

Original file: Anthophyllite_asbestos_SEM.jpg

 

License: This image is in the public domain because it contains materials that originally came from the United States Geological Survey, an agency of the United States Department of Interior. For more information, see the official USGS copyright policy.

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Uploaded on September 20, 2012
Taken circa 2006