Serpentine

Hardness ( Moh )

" 2 - 4

Crystal System

Monoclinic

Specific Gravity

2.40 - 2.80

Refractive Index

1.490 - 1.575

Birefringence

Family

Colour(s)

Green, Red, Yellow, White

Cleavage

Francture Type

Conchoidal

Luster

Streak

White

Transparency

Translucent to opaque

Formula

Mg3Si2O5(OH)4

Country

Found In Afghanistan,Albania,Algeria,Angola,Antarctica,Argentina,Armenia,Atlantic Ocean,Australia,Austria,Bailiwick of Guernsey,Belgium,Bolivia,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Botswana,Brazil,Bulgaria,Burundi,Cameroon,Canada,Cape Verde,Chile,China,Colombia,Costa Rica,Cuba,Cyprus,Czech Republic,Denmark,Dominican Republic,DR Congo,East Timor,Ecuador,Egypt,Eswatini,Ethiopia,Finland,France,Gabon,Germany,Greece,Greenland,Guatemala,Guinea,Hungary,Iceland,India,Indian Ocean,Indonesia,Iran,Iraq,Ireland,Israel,Italy,Jamaica,Japan,Kazakhstan,Kenya,Kosovo,Kyrgyzstan,Lesotho,Libya,Lithuania,Madagascar,Malawi,Malaysia,Mauritania,Mexico,Middle East,Mongolia,Morocco,Mozambique,Myanmar,Namibia,New Zealand,Nicaragua,Niger,North Korea,North Macedonia,Northwest Africa Meteorites,Norway,Oman,Pacific Ocean,Pakistan,Papua New Guinea,Paraguay,Peru,Philippines,Poland,Portugal,Republic of the Congo,Romania,Russia,Saudi Arabia,Senegal,Serbia,Sierra Leone,Slovakia,Solomon Islands,South Africa,South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands,South Korea,South Sudan,Spain,Sri Lanka,Sudan,Sweden,Switzerland,Taiwan,Tajikistan,Tanzania,Thailand,Trinidad and Tobago,Turkey,Turkmenistan,UK,Ukraine,USA,Uzbekistan,Venezuela,Yemen,Zambia,Zimbabwe,Mars