POLISHED SERPENTINE

Serpentine is the name for a grouping of several related minerals, primarily antigorite and chrysotile. Antigorite serpentine is typically representative of the solid forms of serpentine, of which these forms are typically columnar in structure. Chrysotile serpentine consists of four separate groups: clinochrysotile, lizardite, orthochrysotile, and parachrysotile, all of which have the same chemical composition. The difference between these groups of chrysotile serpentines are their crystal lattices. A variety of other forms of serpentine exist, but most of them are extremely rare.