| Clinochrysotile Mineral Data |
General Clinochrysotile Information |
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| Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 | |||
| Molecular Weight = 277.11 gm | |||
| Magnesium 26.31 % Mg 43.63 % MgO | |||
| Silicon 20.27 % Si 43.36 % SiO2 | |||
| Hydrogen 1.45 % H 13.00 % H2O | |||
| Oxygen 51.96 % O | |||
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| 100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE | |||
| Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 | |||
| Metamorphosed and hydrothermally-altered ultra-basic rocks. | |||
| Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1951 | |||
| Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | |||
| From the Greek chrysos - "gold" and tilos - "fiber." | |||
| Asbestos | |||
| Chrysotile | |||
| Deweylite | |||
| Mountain Leather | |||
| Serpentine | |||
Clinochrysotile Image | |||
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Clinochrysotile Crystallography |
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| a:b:c =0.5776:1:1.5689 | |||
| a = 5.32, b = 9.21, c = 14.45, Z = 4; beta = 93.25° V = 706.87 Den(Calc)= 2.60 | |||
| MonoclinicSpace Group: Cc, C 2/m | |||
Physical Properties of Clinochrysotile |
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| [???] Distinct | |||
| Green, Red, Yellow, White. | |||
| 2.53 - 2.65, Average = 2.59 | |||
| Translucent to opaque | |||
| Conchoidal - Fractures developed in brittle materials characterized by smoothly curving surfaces, (e.g. quartz). | |||
| Amorphous - No crystalline form or imitative shape. | |||
| Granular - Generally occurs as anhedral to subhedral crystals in matrix. | |||
| Massive - Fibrous - Distinctly fibrous fine-grained forms. | |||
| 2.5-3 - Finger Nail-Calcite | |||
| Non-fluorescent. | |||
| Resinous | |||
| white | |||
Optical Properties of Clinochrysotile |
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| CI meas= 0.027 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) CI calc= 0.03 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC) KPDcalc= 0.2149,KPDmeas= 0.2158,KC= 0.2217 |
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| Biaxial (-), a=1.545-1.569, b=1.546-1.569, g=1.553-1.571, bire=0.0020-0.0080, 2V(Calc)=0-42, 2V(Meas)=20-60. Dispersion relatively weak. | |||
Calculated Properties of Clinochrysotile |
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relectron=2.62 gm/cc |
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| Fermion Index = 0.03603 Boson Index = 0.96397 |
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PEClinochrysotile = 1.39 barns/electron |
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| GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Clinochrysotile is Not Radioactive |
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Clinochrysotile Classification |
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| 71.1.2d.1 (71)Phyllosilicate Sheets of Six-Membered Rings | |||
| (71.1)with 1:1 layers | |||
| (71.1.2d)Serpentine group (Chrysotile subgroup) | |||
| VIII/H.27-30 VIII - Silicates | |||
| VIII/H - Phyllosilicates (layered) Mica like with [Si4O10]4- and related groups | |||
| VIII/H.27 - Serpentine group | |||
Other Clinochrysotile Information |
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| NAME( Dana) PHYS. PROP.(Dana8) OPTIC PROP.(Dana8) | |||
| Links to other databases for Clinochrysotile : 1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 - Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 - Ecole des Mines de Paris 5 - Franklin Minerals(Dunn) 6 - Google Images 7 - Google Scholar 8 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm) 9 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 10 - MinDAT 11 - MinMax(Deutsch) 12 - MinMax(English) 13 - Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom 14 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 15 - QUT Mineral Atlas 16 - Ruff.Info Search for Clinochrysotile using: Visit our Advertisers for Clinochrysotile : AA Mineral SpecimensB & L Fine Minerals Dan Weinrich Fine Minerals Dan Weinrich Auctions Excalibur Minerals Exceptional Minerals Fabre Minerals Greenside Minerals Heliodor John Betts Fine Minerals Mason's Minerals Mineral News Mineral of the Month Club MineralsWeb Fine Minerals The GeoZone Wrights Rock Shop Translate Clinochrysotile Mineral Data : Ask about Clinochrysotile here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Clinochrysotile Specimen Label here :
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