Chrysotile

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Dobšiná quarry, Rožňava Co., Košice Region, Slovakia

Item-No.: MINS148

Price: 6.00 EUR

Chrastice near Staré Město pod Snežníkem, Moravia, Czech Republic

Item-No.: MINS4873

Price: 20.00 EUR

U Pustého Mlýna Quarry, Hrubšice, Oslavany, South Moravia Region, Moravia, Czech Republic

Item-No.: MIN0155

Price: 33.00 EUR

Synonyms:	Canadian asbestos, Chrysotile-alpha, Karystiolite, Kuphoite, Pikrosmine, White asbestos,
Classification:	Silicates, Phyllosilicates, Serpentine Subgroup, Kaolinite-Serpentine Group
Polytypes:	Clinochrysotile, Orthochrysotile, Parachrysotile
Chemical formula:	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄
Crystal system:	Monoclinic (Clinochrysotile)
Density (g/cm³):	2,53 - 2,65 measured, 2,577 calculated
Tenacity:	Flexible
Cleavage:	fair to perfect
Fracture:	Fibrous, brittle
Hardness (Mohs):	2,5
Colour:	Green, white, gray, also yellow to brown,
Lustre:	Silky
Streak:	White
Type locality:	Bell mine, Thetford Mines, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada