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Chrysotile Var Asbestos

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Chrysotile Var Asbestos

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Description
Locality: 
Valbrutta, Lanzada, Lanterna Valley, Malenco Valley, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Museum (18cm plus)
Size: 
18.6 × 0.6 × 0.6 cm
Description

Fibrous flexible aggregate of white long asbestiform chrysotile crystals from Valbrutta (Lanzada) that surpass 18 cm. Acquired in 1975 to Stenelux by W.Moorer (1945-2015). Ex Wilfred Moorer #2215.

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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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