The pipe wrap certainly looks like asbestos.

The wool insulation does look like rock wool. In most instances where the
asbestos is not dirty, it is a light gray material. Rock wool is usually
much darker. One characteristic in fiber glass and rock wool, which is a
form of fiberglass, is little clots of glass or mineral. They are shiny and
brittle, can be clear, colored or black and are often long and pointed, they
will stick into your skin, and if you are not careful they will break off in
the skin. Asbestos fibers do not have these glassy clots or nodules, it is
soft and fluffy.


"spoon2001" wrote in message
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Can you help me identify some insulation for me? I was always told it was
rock wool. I would like to pull it out, but I don't want to mess with
asbestos.

Please check out this page, which has two pictures:

http://procyonlotor1.tripod.com/insulation/

Also please look at the pipe insulation picture - a plumber told me it was
asbestos. Too bad for me! I had already pulled a load of it out of the
crawl space and the attic. I never even thought about asbestos.