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Name: Serpentine;

Category: the general name of hydrous magnesium rich silicate minerals;

Properties: green, gray, white or yellow, massive or fibrous, such as wax block, like silk fiber;

Chemical formula:Mg6[Si4O*0](OH)8;

Composition content:MgO *3.6% SiO2 *3.6% H2O *3.1%;

Crystalline state: a crystalline aggregate, often fine-grained or fibrous;

Cleavage: {**1} cleavage completely;

Mohs Scale of Mineral Hardness:2.5 ～4;

Density:2.*7 （*0.*3,*0.*3）g/cm3;

Refractive index:1.**0 ～1.**0(*0.**4,*0.**0);

Features: heat-resistant, corrosion resistant, wear-resistant, insulation, sound insulation, better technical characteristics and associated beneficial components;

Application:

1. Manufacture of chemical fertilizers and refractories;

2. Pharmaceutical industry: making purge salt;

3. Refining magnesium, refining cobalt and nickel;

4. Extraction of fibrous amorphous silicon;

5. Handicraft materials.