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Chinese Name：包文石，包文玉，蛇紋石
English Name： Bowenite, Serpentine, New Jade
Variety： Apple-green or blue-green variety of Antigorite
Chemical Composition：H4Mg3Si2O9
Hardness：2.5 - 5.5
SG：2.44 - 2.62
RI：1.53 - 1.57
Related Chakra：All chakra, especially Heart chakra
Astrological Sign：Gemini
Locality：Greece, italy Kashmirm, UK (Lizard) and USA, Afghanistan, China, New Zealand and South Africa
Colour：Apple-green
Source of Name：The name derived from Greek word for a serpent, because of the serpent-like mottled and scaley appearance of the rock that contained it.
Some serpentine (fibrous type) may contain asbestos.

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Functions：
1.	It's been told serpentine helps with emotional cleansing, psychic powers, and attract love and money.
2.	Serpentine is considered a metaphysically protective stone that is especially protective against snakebite, poison, and venom.
3.	Traditional and mystical lore says that serpentine eliminates parasite infections, diabetes, removes venom and other poisons. Note that healing crystal meanings are spiritual supports to healing and are not prescriptions or healthcare information.
4.	Serpentine is associated primarily with the heart chakra.
5.	If you feel that there may be blockages in any of your chakras, this stone is a useful aid.
6.	Serpentine is an excellent stone for meditation.

General care：

1.	Avoid contact with perfumes, hair spay, make-up.
2.	Gem can be scratched easily, so wear with caution.
3.	Avoid knocks.
4.	Do not soak in jewellery cleaner.
5.	Avoid contact with household cleaners.
6.	Avoid using ultrasonic and steam cleaners.
7.	Cleaning: Clean using lukewarm plain water and dry using a soft cloth.

Varieties/Types		Features	Locality
Antigorite (Mg,Fe)3Si2O5(OH)4		a hard compact type of serpentine	Greece/Italy/Switzerland
	Bowenite	Apple-green variety of Antigorite	New Zealand
	Williamsite	Oil-green variety of Antigorite, and is often included with black crystals of chromite or magnetite	USA/Afghanistan
	Chrysotile Mg3Si2O5(OH)4	A fibrous type of Serpentine, It's not a single mineral, but a group of polymorphous minerals with the same chemical composition but different crystal lattice.	Australia/Austria/Canada/France/ Germany/Itraly/Japan/South Africa/Russia/Switzerland/Sweden/USA
	Clinochrysotile (monoclinic)	Massive - Fibrous Distinctly fibrous fine-grained forms. Metamorphosed and hydrothermally-altered ultra-basic rocks.	Canada/France/Gremany/Italy/China/USA
	Orthochrysotile (orthorhombic)	Massive - Fibrous Distinctly fibrous fine-grained forms. Metamorphosed and hydrothermally-altered ultra-basic rocks.	USA
	Parachrysotile (orthorhombic)	Massive - Fibrous Distinctly fibrous fine-grained forms. Metamorphosed and hydrothermally-altered ultra-basic rocks.	Germany/South Africa/Switzerland/USA/Zimbabwe
	Lizardite (hexagonal)	Named in 1955 by Eric James William Whittaker and Jack Zussman for the type location "The Lizard" at Eastern Cliff, Kennack, Ruan - Grade, Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall, England, UK Lizardite is the most common serpentine species. It forms extremely fine-grained scales and massive aggregates, very rarely crystals up to 2 mm of green, light yellow to white, colorless to pale green colour.	England/Russia
	Infinite	A mixture of green Serpentine with bands of white Chrysotile	South Africa
Bastite		Pseudomorphs of Serpentine after Enstatite, is a silky shiny serpentine in the crystal shape of enstatite	England

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