Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A variety of serpentine, of a green color and a thin lamellar structure, found in the Antigorio valley in Piedmont.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mineralogy A brownish-green variety of
serpentine .
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Examples
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When ocean Serpentosphere is subducted beneath continental or oceanic crust areas, it converts to antigorite-dominated serpentinite rock generally coincident with greenschist facies metamorphism.
At it Again Silver Fox 2008
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During flat subduction, the relatively lowdensity antigorite ‘floats’ and is underplated to the base of the continental crust at the Moho geophysical interface.
At it Again Silver Fox 2008
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Beneath continents, the Serpentosphere is mainly composed of antigorite alpine peridotite/serpentinite and may be several kilometers thick.
At it Again Silver Fox 2008
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Serpentine Asbestos (chrysotile, as most important type, and antigorite) is leaf structured and consists of fine fibers.
1. Introductory part: Asbestos - Deposits, uses, types, characteristics 1996
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