General Information: Chemical Formula:Mg(OH)2
Composition:(Molecular Weight = 58.32 gm)
Magnesium 41.68 %
MgHydrogen 3.46 %
H Oxygen 54.87 %
O Empirical Formula: Mg(OH)2
Environment:It occurs in serpentine, in chlorite or dolomitic schists, or in crystalline limestones as an alteration product of periclase.
Locality:New Jersey, USA serpentine. Asbestos mines of Asbestos and Black Lake in Quebec, Canada. crystalline limestones at Crestmore, California, USA.
Name Origin:Named after the American mineralogist, A. Bruce (1777-1818).
Physical Properties: Cleavage:[0001] Perfect
Color:blue, gray, gray blue, yellow, or white.
Density:2.39 - 2.4, Average = 2.39
Diaphaniety:Transparent
Habits:Massive - Lamellar - Distinctly foliated fine-grained forms., Fibrous - Crystals made up of fibers., Massive - Uniformly indistinguishable crystals forming large masses.
Hardness:2.5-3 - Finger Nail-Calcite
Luminescence:None.
Luster:Vitreous - Pearly
Streak:white
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