PETROGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS
OF MINERALS/FIBERS
| MATERIAL NAME |
CHRYSOTILE |
| HABIT |
Fibrous-wavy |
| COLOR AND PLEOCHROISM |
Colorless or brown. No pleochroism
|
| APPROXIMATE
R.I. VALUE |
1.55 |
| INTERFERENCE COLORS |
Low |
| EXTINCTION |
Parallel |
|
ADDITIONAL DESCRIPTIVE FEATURES |
Fibers often have a kinked form and larger bundles commonly spray out into many very delicate fibers. |
| KEY DIAGNOSTIC FEATURES |
1.55 RI and the wavy, kinked, fibrous texture |