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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 853 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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AMIANTHUS , a corruption of amiantus (Gr. &alavros, undefiled), a name applied to the finer kinds of See also:

asbestos (q.v.), in consequence, it is said, of the See also:mineral being unaffected by See also:fire. Some of the finest amianthus, with See also:long silky flexible See also:fibres, occurs in the See also:district of the Tarentaise in See also:Savoy. According to Dr J. W. See also:Evans, the See also:ancient amianthus, derived mostly from Karystos in See also:Euboea and from See also:Cyprus, was probably a fibrous See also:serpentine, or chrysotile (now called locally lraµlrasolrerpa, or See also:cotton-See also:stone). See Mineralogical Mag. (See also:London) vol. xiv. no. 65 (1906), See also:art. by J. W. Evans.

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