APPLICATIONS: | Mineral specimens. |
ASSOCIATED MINERALS: | Serpentine, hydromagnesite, talc and olivine. |
CHEMICAL STRUCTURE: | Mg2CO3(OH)2 - 3H2O, Hydrated Magnesium Carbonate Hydroxide. |
CLASS: | Carbonates. |
CLEAVAGE: | Perfect in one direction. |
COLOR: | White or colorless. |
CRYSTRAL HABITS: | Radiating spherical aggregates of acicular to fibrous crystals. |
CRYSTAL SYSTEM: | Monoclinic, 2/m. |
FIELD INDICATORS: | Crystal habits, color, associations, softness and density. |
FRACTURE: | Fibrous. |
GEOGRAPHY: | San Benito , California and Long Island, New York, USA and Campo Franscia, Lombardia, Italy. |
HARDNESS: | 2.5. |
LUSTER: | Silky to fibrous. |
TRANSPARENCY: | Transparent to translucent. |
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: | 2.0. |
STREAK: | White. |
