Original description: Whittaker, E. J. W., Zussman, J., 1956. The characterization of serpentine minerals by X-ray diffraction — Mineralogical Magazine 31: 107—126 [
view in ‘Library’].
Type locality: Eastern Cliff, Kennack Cove, Kennack, Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall, England, UK; North shore of Lake Superior, Minnesota, USA.
Type material: Natural History Museum, London, England, 1955, 243; National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA, 114569 (
Anthony et al., 2001—2005).
Etymology: for the type locality, the Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall, England.
probably the most common serpentine mineral: Australia; Canada; England; Italy; Japan; USA (