Serpentine group:
This is a curly type of fiber hence the name serpentine and this is available in layered form. This serpentine group has only one member that is Chrysolite which is the most common among all asbestos.
This Chrysolite is also called as “white asbestos” and it is the most common type of asbestos which is used in many construction industries. As it is being used in more numbers this becomes the root cause for health problems caused by asbestos. It is used in many materials and they are fire proofing materials, insulation materials, asbestos clothes which is also fireproof, cement pipes and sheets, brake shoes and clutches of automobiles, disk pads, textiles, paper, plastic, rubber and also in nuclear industry.

Amphibole group:
This is the most hazardous type of asbestos and it is available in straight fibers with chain like structures and in this group there are five kinds of asbestos.
Amosite and crocidolite are the fibers of this kind which are hazardous in nature and the fibers of this type are very strong and stiff in nature. Other three types of asbestos are not harmful.

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