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Chrysotile (Chrysotil)

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Chrysotil / Asbest
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Chrysotil / Asbest
zu Asbest verwitterter Chrysotil, ein alter Fund von der Kolebornskehre, Bad Harzburg, Goslar, Niedersachsen, DE, Stufenbreite ca.9cm
Copyright: harzer; Contribution: harzer
Collection: harzer
Location: Deutschland/Niedersachsen/Goslar, Landkreis/Bad Harzburg/Kolebornskehre
Mineral: Asbestos, Chrysotile
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Chrysotil / Asbest

zu Asbest verwitterter Chrysotil, ein alter Fund von der Kolebornskehre, Bad Harzburg, Goslar, Niedersachsen, DE, Stufenbreite ca.9cm
Collection: harzer
Copyright: harzer
Contribution: harzer 2023-02-21
Locality: Kolebornskehre / Bad Harzburg / Goslar, Landkreis / Niedersachsen / Deutschland
Chrysotil
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Chrysotil
auf Diabas;Größe:8x7cm; Fundort:Hartha/Tharandter Wald/Sächs. Schweiz-Osterzgeb./Direktionsbezirk Desden/Sachsen/Deutschland
Copyright: steinfried; Contribution: steinfried
Collection: Torsten L.(Steinfried)
Location: Deutschland/Sachsen/Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Landkreis/Tharandt/Tharandter Wald/Hartha
Mineral: Chrysotile
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Chrysotil

auf Diabas;Größe:8x7cm; Fundort:Hartha/Tharandter Wald/Sächs. Schweiz-Osterzgeb./Direktionsbezirk Desden/Sachsen/Deutschland
Collection: Torsten L.(Steinfried)
Copyright: steinfried
Contribution: steinfried 2011-05-08
Locality: Hartha / Tharandter Wald / Tharandt / Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Landkreis / Sachsen / Deutschland
Chrysotil
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Chrysotil
Chrysotil 70x40x40 mm Kanada/Québec/Estrie, Region/Les Sources, RCM/Val-des-Sources (Asbestos)/Jeffrey Mine
Copyright: Othmar Atzor; Contribution: anatase2
Collection: anatase2, Collection number: 2548
Location: Kanada/Québec/Estrie, Region/Les Sources, RCM/Val-des-Sources (Asbestos)/Jeffrey Mine
Mineral: Chrysotile
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Chrysotil (SNr: 2548)

Chrysotil 70x40x40 mm Kanada/Québec/Estrie, Region/Les Sources, RCM/Val-des-Sources (Asbestos)/Jeffrey Mine
Collection: anatase2
Copyright: Othmar Atzor
Contribution: anatase2 2023-02-14
Locality: Jeffrey Mine / Val-des-Sources (Asbestos) / Les Sources, RCM / Estrie, Region / Québec / Kanada
Chrysotil
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Chrysotil
Faseriger Chrysotil mit eingewachsenen Magnetitkriställchen; Stufenbreite ca 5cm; Sferlun, Val Malenco
Copyright: Erik; Contribution: Erik
Location: Italien/Lombardei (Lombardia), Region/Sondrio, Provinz/Val Malenco/Franscia/Gruben von Sferlun
Mineral: Asbestos, Chrysotile
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Chrysotil

Faseriger Chrysotil mit eingewachsenen Magnetitkriställchen; Stufenbreite ca 5cm; Sferlun, Val Malenco
Copyright: Erik
Contribution: Erik 2007-12-24
Locality: Gruben von Sferlun / Franscia / Val Malenco / Sondrio, Provinz / Lombardei (Lombardia), Region / Italien
Chrysotil , radialstrahlige Varietät "Metaxit"
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Chrysotil , radialstrahlige Varietät "Metaxit"
Zloty Stok (Reichenstein), Niederschlesien/Polen; historischer Fund mit Etikett vom Mineralienhaus Droop(Dresden-Plauen); Größe 3,5 x 3,5 cm
Copyright: Haubi; Contribution: Haubi
Collection: Haubi
Location: Polen/Niederschlesien (Dolnoslaskie), Woiwodschaft/Ząbkowice Śląskie (Frankenstein), Powiat/Reichenstein (Złoty Stok)
Mineral: Chrysotile
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Chrysotil , radialstrahlige Varietät "Metaxit"

Zloty Stok (Reichenstein), Niederschlesien/Polen; historischer Fund mit Etikett vom Mineralienhaus Droop(Dresden-Plauen); Größe 3,5 x 3,5 cm
Collection: Haubi
Copyright: Haubi
Contribution: Haubi 2017-08-31
Locality: Reichenstein (Złoty Stok) / Ząbkowice Śląskie (Frankenstein), Powiat / Niederschlesien (Dolnoslaskie), Woiwodschaft / Polen
Chrysotil
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Chrysotil
Faser- (links, weiß) und Blätterserpentin (rechts, grünlich) von der Kolebornskehre bei Bad Harzburg.
Copyright: Ulrich; Contribution: Ulrich
Collection: Ulrich
Location: Deutschland/Niedersachsen/Goslar, Landkreis/Bad Harzburg/Kolebornskehre
Mineral: Chrysotile, Serpentine subgroup
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Chrysotil  D

Faser- (links, weiß) und Blätterserpentin (rechts, grünlich) von der Kolebornskehre bei Bad Harzburg.
Collection: Ulrich
Copyright: Ulrich
Contribution: Ulrich 2019-10-04
Locality: Kolebornskehre / Bad Harzburg / Goslar, Landkreis / Niedersachsen / Deutschland

You find additional Chrysotil specimen at the Geolitho Museum

Collectors Summary

Color grün
Lustre Seidenglanz
Hardness (Mohs) 2.5
Solubility +++ Säuren

Chemism

Chemical formula

Mg3Si2O5(OH)4

Additional chem. information

Polytypen von Chrysotil sind Klinochrysotil, Orthochrysotil und Parachrysotil. Lizardit und Antigorit sind eng verwandte Serpentin-Gruppen Mitglieder.

Chemical composition

Magnesium, Silicium, Sauerstoff, Wasserstoff

Unit weight: 277.112898 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 18

Info

Empirical formula:

Mg3Si2O5(OH)4

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Hydrogen

H

1.45

4

22.22

1.0079470

4.0317880
Oxygen

O

51.96

9

50.00

15.9994300

143.9948700
Magnesium

Mg

26.31

3

16.67

24.3050600

72.9151800
Silicon

Si

20.27

2

11.11

28.0855300

56.1710600

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

9.ED.15

9: Silikate (Germanate)
E: Schichtsilikate (Phyllosilikate)
D: Schichtsilikate (Phyllosilikate) mit [Kaolinit]-Schichten, zusammengesetzt aus tetrahedralen oder octahedralen Netzen
15:Serpentin-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

VIII/H.27-030

VIII: SILIKATE
H: Schichtsilikate
27: Glimmerartige Schicht-silikate mit Baugruppen [Si4O10] 4- und verwandte Strukturen; Serpentin-Gruppe

Classification by Hölzel

9.EM.24

9: SILICATES
E: Phyllosilicates
M: Serpentine-Group
2: Amesite-Group

Hey's Chemical Index of Minerals

14.04.04

14: Silicates not Containing Aluminum
04: Silicates of Mg

Dana 8th edition

71.01.05.01

71: Phyllosilicate Minerals
01: Phyllosilicates Phyllosilicate Sheets of Six-Membered Rings with 1:1 layers

IMA status

Erstbeschreibung vor IMA (1959), vererbt, meist als Mineral anerkannt

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

IMA Classification

IMA Classification

 Kaolinite-Serpentine Group  ⇒ Serpentine subgroup

Optical Properties

Color

grün

Lustre

Seidenglanz

max. Birefringence

0.007
Birefringence chart\! Chrysotile title=Birefringence chart Chrysotile

Michel-Levy Color Chart viewed according to the maximum birefringence (at 30μm). Mineral color is not taken into account. Click on the image to enlarge or change thickness.

RI value α / ω / n

1.560

RI value β

1.566

RI value γ / ε

1.567

Ri mean

1.564

2V angle

Biaxial (-) 45°

Crystallography

Cell parameters a (Å)

5.32

Cell parameters b (Å)

9.19

Cell parameters c (Å)

14.63

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

0.579

Cell parameters c/b

1.592

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

93.28

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

4

Volumne (ų)

714.1

Kristall structure

Simone Pollastri, Natale Perchiazzi, Marco Lezzerini, Jasper R. Plaisier, Alessandro Cavallo, Maria Chiara Dalconi, Nicola Bursi Gandolfi, Alessandro F. Gualtieri: The crystal structure of mineral fibres 1. Chrysotile. Periodico di Mineralogia Vol. 85 (2016) S. 249-259. http://periodicodimineralogia.it/doi/2016_85/2016PM655.pdf

Polytypes

Clinochrysotile

Mg3Si2O5(OH)4

monoklin

C2/m

2/m

Orthochrysotile

Mg3Si2O5(OH)4

orthorhombisch

Ccm21

mm2

Parachrysotile

Mg3Si2O5(OH)4

orthorhombisch

Crystal Structure 3D

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)

2.5

Density (g/cm³)

2.53

2.577 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Instability

+++ Säuren

Chemical Properties and Tests

mittels IR-Spektroskopie

Cecilia Viti: Serpentine minerals discrimination by thermal analysis. American Mineralogist 95 (2010) S.631-638.

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Polen/Niederschlesien (Dolnoslaskie), Woiwodschaft/Ząbkowice Śląskie (Frankenstein), Powiat/Reichenstein (Złoty Stok)

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

von Kobell, 1843

Relevance, Usage

Chrysotilasbest dient zur Herstellung feuerfester Gewebe und Asbestplatten, als Isolationsmittel, als Füllmasse in Lacken und Bremsbelägen.

Additional Information

Vorsicht beim Umgang! Fasern geeigneter Größe können eingeatmet werden und Lungenkrebs sowie Mesotheliome verursachen.
Becklake M.R., Bagatin E., Neder J.A. (2007). Asbestos-related diseases of the lungs and pleura: uses, trends and management over the last century [State of the Art Series. Occupational lung disease in high-and low-income countries, Edited by M. Chan-Yeung. Number 3 in the series]. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 11, 356-369.

Safety Instructions

Industrial chemicals are often present in powder form and therefore often contain much higher dangers than natural, crystalline substances. These hazard statements refer to the classification of industrially used chemical compounds that may also occur in this natural mineral. The hazard classification makes no claim to completeness.




Safety classes: H350: Kann Krebs erzeugen., H372: Schädigt die Organe bei längerer oder wiederholter Exposition.

References

Whittaker, E.J.W. (1953) The structure of chrysotile. Acta Crystallographica 6, 747-748.

Whittaker, E.J.W. (1956a) The structure of chrysotile . II. Clinochrysotile. Acta Crystallographica 9, 855-862.

Whittaker, E.J.W. (1956b) The structure of chrysotile . III. Orthochrysotile. Acta Crystallographica 9, 862-864.

Whittaker, E.J.W. (1956b) The structure of chrysotile . IV. Parachrysotile. Acta Crystallographica 9, 865-867.

Yada, K. (1971) Study of microstructure of chrysotile asbestos by high-resolution electron microscope. Acta Crystallographica 27, 659-664.

Reviews in Mineralogy 19 (1988), 91.

Simone Pollastri, Natale Perchiazzi, Marco Lezzerini, Jasper R. Plaisier, Alessandro Cavallo, Maria Chiara Dalconi, Nicola Bursi Gandolfi, Alessandro F. Gualtieri: The crystal structure of mineral fibres 1. Chrysotile. Periodico di Mineralogia Vol. 85 (2016) S. 249-259. http://periodicodimineralogia.it/doi/2016_85/2016PM655.pdf

IMA group assignments

 
Kaolinite-Serpentine Group
 
 
 

 
 
Serpentine subgroup
 
monoklin
 

 
 
 
Amesite
Mg2Al(SiAl)O5(OH)4
triklin
C1

 
 
 
Antigorite
(Mg,Fe2+)3Si2O5(OH)4
monoklin
Cm

 
 
 
Berthierine
(Fe2+,Fe3+,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4
monoklin
C2/m

 
 
 
Brindleyite
(Ni,Mg,Fe2+)2Al(SiAl)O5(OH)4
monoklin
 

 
 
 
Caryopilite
Mn2+3Si2O5(OH)4
monoklin
Cm

 
 
 
Chrysotile
Mg3Si2O5(OH)4
 
 

 
 
 
Cronstedtite
Fe22+Fe3+(SiFe3+)O5(OH)4
trigonal
P31m

 
 
 
Fraipontite
(Zn,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4
monoklin
 

 
 
 
Guidottiite
Mn2Fe3+(SiFe3+)O5(OH)4
hexagonal
P63

 
 
 
Kellyite
(Mn2+,Mg,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4
hexagonal
P63

 
 
 
Lizardite
Mg3Si2O5(OH)4
monoklin
Cm

 
 
 
Népouite
(Ni,Mg)3Si2O5(OH)4
orthorhombisch
Ccm21

 
 
 
Pecoraite
Ni3Si2O5(OH)4
monoklin
 

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Other languages

German

Chrysotil

English

Chrysotile

Russian

Хризотил

Simplified Chinese

纤蛇纹石

Alternative Name

Canadian asbestos

Chrysotile-alpha

Cyphote

Cyphoîte

German

Faserserpentin

German

Karystiolit

Spanish

Karystiolita

Karystiolite

Krysolith

German

Kuphoit

Spanish

Kuphoita

Kuphoite

German

Kupholit

Spanish

Kupholita

Kupholite

Lefkasbest

Lefkasbestos

Marmoline

Italian

Marmolita

Marmolite

Picrosmine

Pikrosmin

German

Schweizerit

Schweizerit eine kompakte Chrysotilvariante vom Findelen-Gletscher, Zermatt, Schweiz; Lt. Heys Mineralindex ein Synonym für Chrysotil

English

Schweizerite

Schweizerite - compact Chrysotile variant from Findel Glacier, Zermatt, Switzerland; At "Hey's mineral index" described as synonym for chrysotile

German

Weißasbest

White Asbestos

α-Chrysotile

Simplified Chinese

纤维蛇纹石

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Ctl

Rock part of

 
Rocks

 
 
metamorphic rocks and metasediments

 
 
 
meta-igneous rock

 
 
 
 
meta-crystalline igneous rocks

 
 
 
 
 
meta-normal crystalline rocks

 
 
 
 
 
 
meta-coarse-grained crystalline rocks

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
meta-ultramafic-rock

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
serpentinite  

 
 
 
rock names based on modal composition of metamorphic rocks

 
 
 
 
monomineralic metamorphic rocks

 
 
 
 
 
serpentinite  

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- Accessory or non-essential mineral - this minerals are common, sometimes major part of, but are not always present.

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