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Encyclopedia > Orthochrysotile
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Member of the serpentine-kaolinite group, orthochrysotile is the orthorhombic form of chrysotile and is more common than the other orthorhombic form parachrysotile. Like the other two species of chrysotile (clinochrysotile and parachrysotile) it is very difficult to distinguish from the other species. Its type location is found in Silesia.


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Chrysotile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (254 words)
There are three known species of chrysotile: clinochrysotile (which is monoclinic), orthochrysotile (which is orthorhombic) and parachrysotile (which is also an orthorhombic polymorph of orthochrysotile).
Like the other two species of chrysotile (orthochrysotile and parachrysotile) it is very difficult to distinguish from the other species.
Orthochrysotile is the orthorhombic form of chrysotile and is more common than the other orthorhombic form parachrysotile.
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