Asbestos and Other Fibrous Materials: Mineralogy, Crystal Chemistry, and Health Effects (1988)

A 1988 Oxford University Press book by H. Catherine W. Skinner, Malcolm Ross and Clifford Frondel, subtitled Mineralogy, Crystal Chemistry, and Health Effects. The acknowledgments trace it to a National Research Council/National Academy of Sciences panel reviewing fibrous materials as health hazards. Three chapters define inorganic fibers, survey the six minerals mined as asbestos alongside other fibrous minerals and synthetic glass, whisker and carbon fibers, and summarize health effects, opening with a history of asbestos disease. Appendixes list 388 fibrous minerals and, separately, synthetic fibers.