Chrysoprase whose green coloring results from to the addition of kerolite
General
Category
Mineral
Formula (repeating unit)
(Mg,Ni)3Si4O10(OH)2·H2O
Kerolite or cerolite is a metamorphic nickel bearing phyllosilicate mineral variety of talc, can be seen as a mixture of serpentine and saponite as well. It has the chemical formula (Mg,Ni)3Si4O10(OH)2·H2O. It is often considered as a talc variety and it was discredited 1979.
Kerolite or cerolite is a metamorphic nickel bearing phyllosilicate mineral variety of talc, can be seen as a mixture of serpentine and saponite as well...
inclusions. The nickel reportedly occurs as different silicates, like kerolite or pimelite (not NiO mineral, bunsenite, as was reported before). Chrysoprase...
Varieties that are not valid species: Keilhauite (variety of titanite) Kerolite (variety of talc) (not approved by IMA) Krantzite (natural resin) Kunzite...
transformation of metastable hydrated magnesium-clay precursors such as kerolite, sepiolite, or stevensite that can precipitate from marine and lake water...
"pimelite" specimens are probably willemseite (which is approved), or kerolite (which is also discredited). This was a mass discreditation, and not based...
1016/j.icarus.2013.03.020. Dekov, V.; et al. (2008). "Deposition of talc—kerolite-smectite—smectite at seafloor hydrothermal vent fields: evidence from mineralogical...
doi:10.1029/2009je003548. Dekov, V.; et al. (2008). "Deposition of talc—kerolite-smectite—smectite at seafloor hydrothermal vent fields: evidence from mineralogical...
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