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Sample n° 11056

Minerals found in the sample
Mineral Formula Category Subcategory Importance
CHRYSOTILE Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 phyllosilicates serpentine major
Description
Description: white fibres as veins in olive-green serpentine
Origin
  • Country: South Africa
  • Region: Mpumalanga
  • Locality: Barberton, Chrysotile Asbestos Mine
Specification
  • Donors: Geological Survey of South Africa
    Donation year: 1966
  • Sampling year:
    Registration date:
  • Quantity: 1
    Size: 2
  • Dimension code 1>2>3: 2
    Quality code 1>2>3: 1
  • Holotype: no
    Paratype: no
    Radioactive: no
  • Thin section: no
    Chemical analysis: no
    X-Ray spectra: no
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