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The characterization of serpentine minerals by X-ray diffraction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

E. J. W. Whittaker  and
J. Zussman
E. J. W. Whittaker
Affiliation:
Ferodo Ltd., Chapel-en-le-Frith, Stockport
J. Zussman
Affiliation:
Geology Department, University of Manchester
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Summary

X-ray diffraction data on serpentine minerals are discussed. There arc three structural varieties of chrysotile: ortho-chrysotile, clino-chrysotile, and para-chrysotile. Methods are described for the estimation of the proportions of the first two of these in mixed specimens, and their distribution in nature is reviewed. The variations observed in powder photographs of serpentine minerals are interpreted in accordance with this classification. The criteria proposed by Selfridge for distinguishing between chrysotile and antigorite are shown to be unreliable, but valid criteria are presented. The powder photographs also reveal the existence of a third serpentine mineral, distinct from chrysotile and antigorite, for which the name lizardite is proposed. Four samples of bastite are shown to consist of chrysotile or lizardite rather than antigorite. All the serpentine minerals examined consist either of antigorite or of one or more of the group comprising lizardite and the chrysotile varieties.

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Research Article
Information
Mineralogical magazine and journal of the Mineralogical Society , Volume 31 , Issue 233 , June 1956 , pp. 107 - 126
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1956

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