Lizardite is a mineral from the serpentine subgroup with formula Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4, and the most common type of mineral in the subgroup. It is also a member...
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There are three important mineral polymorphs of serpentine: antigorite, lizardite and chrysotile. Serpentine minerals are polymorphous, meaning that they...
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Lazulite Lazurite Legrandite Lepidolite Leucite Leucophanite Linarite Lizardite Londonite Ludlamite Ludwigite Magnesite Malachite Marialite-meionite Wernerite...
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cut into cabochons and beads. The magnesian serpentines (antigorite, lizardite, chrysotile) are trioctahedral hydrous phyllosilicates. Their structure...
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by serpentinization include the serpentine group minerals (antigorite, lizardite, chrysotile), brucite, talc, Ni-Fe alloys, and magnetite. The mineral...
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The final mineral composition of serpentinite is usually dominated by lizardite, chrysotile (two minerals of the serpentine subgroup), and magnetite (Fe3O4)...
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Serpentine subgroup Antigorite – Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 Chrysotile – Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 Lizardite – Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 Clay minerals group 1:1 clay minerals (TO) Halloysite...
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Caryopilite Chrysotile Cronstedtite Fraipontite Greenalite Guidottiite Kellyite Lizardite Manandonite Népouite Odinite Pecoraite Corrensites Aliettite Brinrobertsite...
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serpentinite contains significant samples of the serpentine polymorph lizardite, which were named after the Lizard complex in 1955. Several nature sites...
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Mg)3(Si2O5)(OH)4 is more realistic. There is a similar mineral called lizardite (named after the Lizard Complex in Cornwall, England) in which all of...
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