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IV - Hydroxides		 Crystal habit of Brucite
 
Name   Brucite
Chemistry   Mg(OH)2
Hardness   2.5
Lustre   vitreous, pearly
Colour   colourless, white, greenish, bluish
Streak   white 
Density [g/cm3]   2.4
Crystal habit   trigonal, crystals tabular, pyramidal, acicular
Cleavage, Fracture   [0001] perfect
other characteristics and occurrences   massive, lamellar, rarely fibrous aggregates, in veins, in serpentinite
   
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