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Antigorite & Lizardite

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Antigorite & Lizardite

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Olympos, Troodos Mountain Range, Nicosia District, Cyprus
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.6 × 8.2 × 4.6 cm
Weight: 
374.00gr
Description

Serpentinized ultrabasic rock with the fractures filled by white laminar antigorite and green lizardite with good waxy lustre. It was cut and analysed.

Minerals from cyprus are extremely rare in collections and this specimen was collected near the top of Mount Olympus (Troodos Massive), by Dr. Gerard Vogel in April/1995.

Combine specimens to reduce shipping costs!.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Antigorite

Formula: 
Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Strunz: 
9.ED.15
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Antigorio Valley, Ossola Valley, Piedmont, Italy

Lizardite

Formula: 
Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Strunz: 
9.ED.15
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Eastern Cliff, Kennack Cove (Kennack Sands), Kennack, Grade-Ruan, Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall, England, UK

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