Multiple choice

Asbestos crystals become long, flexible, silky fibres, so these can be made into a wide variety of forms. These belong to the category of

  1. vegetable fibres

  2. wood fibres

  3. animal fibres

  4. mineral fibres

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D Correct answer
Explanation

Mineral fibres comprise asbestos. Asbestos is the only naturally occurring long mineral fibre. Short, fibre-like minerals include wollastonite, attapulgite and halloysite.