Asbest. 447 Fragments fpllntery. Commonly tranflucent, at leaft on the edges. Soft, verging on femi hard. Not particularly brittle. Rather difficultly frangible. Not flexible j fome varieties {hew an incipient flexibility. Feels rather greafy. Not particularly heavy. Before the blow pipe it melts very difficultly into a greyifh black coloured fcoria. Chemical Characters. Conjlituent Parts. Silica Magnefia Iron Wieglth Chem. Ann. x 46,66 48,45 4,79 784, b. 1. f. 521. Geognoftic Situation. I s the fame as amianth. Geographic