"Asbestos (pronounced /\u00E6s\u02C8b\u025Bst\u0259s/ or /\u00E6z\u02C8b\u025Bst\u0259s/) is a set of six naturally occurring silicate minerals, which all have in common their eponymous asbestiform habit: long (roughly 1:20 aspect ratio), thin fibrous crystals, with each visible fiber composed of millions of microscopic \"fibrils\" that can be released by abrasion and other processes."@en . . . "Asbestos"@en . .