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Chrysotile

Ex coll. Flurin Meissen (CH)
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Description
Locality: 
Gorner Glacier Area, Zermatt, Matt Valley, Zermatt-Saas Fee Area, Valais, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11 × 4.4 × 1.4 cm
Weight: 
72.00gr
Description

A thick tuft of dark green elongated chrysotile crystals from the ophiolitic rocks of Zermatt. Rich and very representative.

This specimen dates to 1966 and comes from the renowned Swiss collection Flurin Meissen, whose handwritten label in German is pasted on the specimen.

Pasted Label
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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