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Mindat Short Description

Kaolinite-Serpentine group. m = 16 and m = 17 polysomes known. Antigorite is a high-temperature serpentine mineral, forming only above 250°C (Wenner & Taylor, 1974; Evans, 1977).

See also the closely related chrysotile and lizardite which are low-...

Geoscience Ontology Status Notes

Schweizer E (1840) Ueber den antigorit, ein neues mineral, Annalen der Physik und Chemie 19, 595-599

IMA Formula (from Mindat)

Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄

RRUFF Formula (from Geoscience Ontology)

Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄

Additional References

• http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/antigorite.pdf

• http://www.webmineral.com/data/Antigorite.shtml