Chrysotile
Vaalkop Dam, Bulhoek, Rustenburg, Rustenburg Local Municipality, Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West, South Africa
A really unique specimen from the little-known Vaalkop Dam locality in South Africa. The piece features a 4 cm thick, parallel-fiber vein of golden-brown to bluish and greenish chrysotile fibers on greenish opaque serpentine matrix. The chrysotile exhibits a superb chatoyant "cat's-eye" effect when rotated in reflected light, but with strong ...
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