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Serpentine minerals from veins in serpentinite rocks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

N. Morandi  and
G. Felice
N. Morandi
Affiliation:
Istituto di Mineralogia e Petrografia dell'Università di Bologna, Italy
G. Felice
Affiliation:
Istituto di Mineralogia e Petrografia dell'Università di Bologna, Italy
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Summary

Crystal-chemical analyses of the serpentine polymorphs, sampled from macroscopic veins in the serpentinite rocks from Sasso della Mantesca and Sasso di S. Zanobi, are reported. The samples were examined by X-ray diffraction, thermal analysis (TG and DTG), scanning and transmission electron microscopy, IR absorption spectroscopy, microprobe, and chemical tests.

The results show: chrysotile 2Orc1 in tubular fibrils placed perpendicularly to walls of iso-oriented ‘lenticular veins’; and polygonal serpentine formed by flat layers of lizardite 2H and/or 1T, arranged as an outer shell of a central core of chrysotile 2Mc1 fibres; this type of serpentine with high crystallinity and unusual morphological development is included in ‘green veins’, which show variable Al, Fe, and Mg contents.

A genetic mechanism correlating the petrographic observations with the mineralogical results is discussed.

Type
Research Article
Information
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 43 , Issue 325 , March 1979 , pp. 135 - 140
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1979

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