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Chinese
Name： 威廉玉，纖蛇紋石，蛇紋石
English Name： Williamsite, Serpentine
Variety： Oil-green variety of Antigorite, and is often included with black crystals of chromite or magnetite and patches of white brucite (magnesium hydroxide).
Chemical
Composition：Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Hardness：~ 4
SG：2.51 - 2.63 RI：1.53 - 1.57
Related Chakra：All chakra, especially Heart chakra
Astrological Sign：Gemini
Locality： USA, Afghanistan
Colour：Apple green to Oil-green, and is often included with black crystals of chromite or magnetite
Source of Name：Named by Charles Upham Shepard in 1848 in honor of its discoverer, Lewis White Williams [December 20, 1804 Goshen, Pennsylvania - September 19, 1873], a mineralogist and geologist of West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Williams was on the 1857 "Camel Expedition" with Lieutenant Ned Beale.
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Functions：
1.
It's been told serpentine helps with emotional cleansing, psychic powers, and attract love and money.
2.
Serpentine is considered a metaphysically protective stone that is especially protective against snakebite, poison, and venom.
3.
Traditional and mystical lore says that serpentine eliminates parasite infections, diabetes, removes venom and other poisons. Note that healing crystal meanings are spiritual supports to healing and are not prescriptions or healthcare information.
4.
Serpentine is associated primarily with the heart chakra.
5.
If you feel that there may be blockages in any of your chakras, this stone is a useful aid.
6.
Serpentine is an excellent stone for meditation.
General care：
1.
Avoid contact with perfumes, hair spay, make-up.
2.
Gem can be scratched easily, so wear with caution.
3.
Avoid knocks.
4.
Do not soak injewellery cleaner.
5.
Avoid contact with household cleaners.
6.
Avoid using ultrasonic and steam cleaners.
7.
Cleaning: Clean using lukewarm plain water and dry using a soft cloth.
Varieties/Types
Features
Locality
Antigorite (Mg,Fe)3Si2O5(OH)4
a hard compact type of serpentine
Greece/Italy/Switzerland
Bowenite
Apple-green variety of Antigorite
New Zealand
Williamsite
Oil-green variety of Antigorite, and is often included with black crystals of chromite or magnetite
USA/Afghanistan
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.
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
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
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