Lizardite
Lizardite is named after its discovery locality, in Kennack Cove, The Lizard, Cornwall, England.
Lizardite is the most common serpentine species. It forms extremely fine-grained scales and massive aggregates, very rarely crystals up to 2 mm of green, light yellow to white, colorless to pale green colour.
Lizardite is used for ornamental carvings.
Lizardite is the most common serpentine species. It forms extremely fine-grained scales and massive aggregates, very rarely crystals up to 2 mm of green, light yellow to white, colorless to pale green colour.
Lizardite is used for ornamental carvings.
| General Information | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Chemical Formula |
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| Physical Properties of Lizardite | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mohs Hardness | 2.5, Handbook of mineralogy (2001) | |||||||||||||||||
| Specific Gravity | 2.55, Handbook of mineralogy (2001) | |||||||||||||||||
| Cleavage Quality | Perfect, Handbook of mineralogy (2001) | |||||||||||||||||
| Optical Properties of Lizardite | ||||||||||||||||||
| Refractive Index | 1.538 to 1.560, Handbook of mineralogy (2001) | |||||||||||||||||
| Optical Character | Uniaxial/-, Handbook of mineralogy (2001) To slightly biaxial | |||||||||||||||||
| Colour | ||||||||||||||||||
| Colour (General) | Green, light yellow to white; colorless to pale green in thin section., Handbook of mineralogy (2001) | |||||||||||||||||
| Transparency | Translucent, Handbook of mineralogy (2001) | |||||||||||||||||
| Lustre | Waxy, Handbook of mineralogy (2001) | |||||||||||||||||
| Crystallography of Lizardite | ||||||||||||||||||
| Crystal System | Hexagonal, Handbook of mineralogy (2001) Pseudo-orthorhombic | |||||||||||||||||
| Habit | Crystals rare, to 2 mm, as trigonal plates to truncated trigonal pyramids. Commonly as extremely fine-grained scales and massive aggregates., Handbook of mineralogy (2001) | |||||||||||||||||
| Geological Environment | ||||||||||||||||||
| Where found: | Typically a product of retrograde metamorphism, replacing olivine, orthopyroxene, or other minerals in ultramafic igneous rocks., Handbook of mineralogy (2001) | |||||||||||||||||
| Further Information | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mineral information: | Lizardite information at mindat.org | |||||||||||||||||