Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Materials Facet
3. Materials (hierarchy name)
4. materials (substances)
5. [materials by composition]
6. inorganic material
7. mineral
8. serpentine (mineral)

Additional parents:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Materials Facet
3. Materials
4. materials
5. materials by composition
6. inorganic material
7. mineral
8. asbestos

Anotations

Scope note:

A type of white, gray, or greenish serpentine that is characterized as being hard with a silky, fibrous structure. Chrysotile found in Cyprus and Afghanistan was used for beads, amulets, seals, and inlays; it was often misnamed as jade. It was the most common source of asbestos.