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VIII - Inosilicates (Amphibole Group)
Crystal habit of Anthophyllite

 
Name   Anthophyllite
Chemistry   (Mg,Fe)7[OH|Si4O11]2
Hardness   5.5
Lustre   vitreous - pearly
Colour   yellow brown, greeen brown, brown grey
Streak   white, yellowish 
Density [g/cm3]   2.9
Crystal habit   orthorhombic, crystals rarely
Cleavage, Fracture   [210] perfect (126°), fracture splintery
other characteristics and occurrences   massive, also asbestos-like masses,
in crystalline schists with high Mg-content, formed by hydratation from olivine ((Mg,Fe)2[SiO4])
   

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