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Published in final edited form as: Chem Soc Rev. 2016 Mar 21;45(6):1750–1780. doi: 10.1039/c5cs00914f

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Structure and human health effects of sheet-like silicate minerals. Table 2 summarizes the known pathological responses to inhalation as a function of material type. (a) Crystal structure of chrysotile asbestos.139 Reprinted with permission from ref. 139. Copyright 2004, Springer. (b) Crystal structure of kaolinite, which is a 2D silicate clay mineral. (c) Lattice of crystalline silica or α-quartz. Fracturing the crystal along the arrows generates highly reactive Si• or SiO• dangling bonds on the new surface.140 Reprinted with permission from ref. 140. Copyright 1996, Taylor & Francis.