Antigorite from Stragari (Serbia, Yugoslavia)

Antigorit iz Stragara (Srbija, Jugoslavija)

Authors

  • Mihovil Logar University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mining and Geology, Đušina 7, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.

Keywords:

Antigorite, Stragari, Serbia, Yugoslavia, structure, chemistry

Abstract

Antigorite from Stragari asbestos deposit is light green, lath-shaped mineral, found in serpentinite fractures. The examined massive specimen has relatively homogenous textural fabric of a marked preferential micro-crystals orientation, as observed by optical and X-ray examinations. Structural features have been determined from X-ray data, by the indexing method after Uehara & Shirozu (1985), and are the following:

a=5.415(3) Å, b=9.238(3) Å, c=7.288(3) Å, β=91.2°(1), v=364.5 Å3 and M=7.91(8)

IR spectrum is typical of antigorite with an additional absorption band at 3400 cm-1, which reveals a cationic substitution in tetrahedral sheet. The chemical formula is:

(Mg5.84Fe3+0.14Fe2+0.11)6.09(Si4.06Al0.13)4.21O10.63(OH)7.75

The presence of antigorite is particularly important for the genetic concept of chrysotile asbestos at Stragari.

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Published

1995-12-20

Issue

Vol. 59 No. 1 (1995): Geološki anali Balkanskoga poluostrva

Section

Original Scientific Paper

How to Cite

“Antigorite from Stragari (Serbia, Yugoslavia): Antigorit iz Stragara (Srbija, Jugoslavija)” (1995) Geološki anali Balkanskoga poluostrva, 59(1), pp. 297–311. Available at: https://gabp.rgf.bg.ac.rs/index.php/gabp/article/view/518 (Accessed: 4 November 2026).