Antigorite
(Mg,Fe)3Si2O5(OH)4 |
a hard compact type of serpentine |
Greece/Italy/Switzerland |
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Bowenite |
Apple-green variety of Antigorite |
New Zealand |
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Williamsite |
Oil-green variety of Antigorite, and is often included with black crystals of chromite or magnetite |
USA/Afghanistan |
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Chrysotile
Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 |
A fibrous type of Serpentine,
It's not a single mineral, but a group of polymorphous minerals with the same chemical composition but different crystal lattice. |
Australia/Austria/Canada/France/
Germany/Itraly/Japan/South Africa/Russia/Switzerland/Sweden/USA |
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Clinochrysotile (monoclinic) |
Massive - Fibrous
Distinctly fibrous fine-grained forms.
Metamorphosed and hydrothermally-altered ultra-basic rocks. |
Canada/France/Gremany/Italy/China/USA |
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Orthochrysotile (orthorhombic) |
Massive - Fibrous
Distinctly fibrous fine-grained forms.
Metamorphosed and hydrothermally-altered ultra-basic rocks.
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USA |
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Parachrysotile (orthorhombic) |
Massive - Fibrous
Distinctly fibrous fine-grained forms.
Metamorphosed and hydrothermally-altered ultra-basic rocks. |
Germany/South Africa/Switzerland/USA/Zimbabwe |
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Lizardite (hexagonal) |
Named in 1955 by Eric James William Whittaker and Jack Zussman for the type location "The Lizard" at Eastern Cliff, Kennack, Ruan - Grade, Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall, England, UK
Lizardite is the most common serpentine species. It forms extremely fine-grained scales and massive aggregates, very rarely crystals up to 2 mm of green, light yellow to white, colorless to pale green colour. |
England/Russia |
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Infinite |
A mixture of green Serpentine with bands of white Chrysotile |
South Africa |
Bastite |
Pseudomorphs of Serpentine after Enstatite, is a silky shiny serpentine in the crystal shape of enstatite |
England |