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Chrysotile

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Description
Locality: 
Nunobe Mine, Furano City, Kamikawa Subprefecture, Hokkaido Island, Japan
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 4.1 × 1.5 cm
Description

This fibrous Chrysotile has a beautyful chatoyancy (cat's eye effect).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chrysotile

Formula: 
Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Strunz: 
9.ED.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic - Prismatic
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Green
Type Locality: 
Zloty Stok (Reichenstein), Ząbkowice District, Lower Silesia (Dolnośląskie), Poland

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