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Antigorite — specimen 0144, photo © NMNHS
Antigorite — specimen 0144, photo © NMNHS

Antigoritespecimen 0144

Origin

no precise locality [Africa]
Data

Weight: 2.20 ct; size: 10.41 | 8.25 | 4.60 mm; shape: oval; colour: medium light slightly yellowish green; very slightly greyish; clarity: translucent; cut: fair; treatment: none.
Notes

Clean specimen; mixed style cut.

Other specimens
Antigorite — specimen 0296Antigorite — specimen 0155Antigorite — specimen 0110Antigorite — specimen 0149Antigorite — specimen 0151Antigorite — specimen 0158

More information from ‘Classification’


Commonly replaces ultramafic rocks; as a replacement of siliceous dolomite rock along contacts with diabase sills (Anthony et al., 2001—2005).