Description
OPHICALCITE SPECIMEN
This is the polished bright yellow ophicalcite specimen. Dimensions: 4.2 x 3.7 x 0.4″ (10.7 x 9.4 x 0.9cm). Weight – 6.6oz (188 grams). Origin: Russia, Siberia.
Some information about ophicalcite:
Ophicalcite is a serpentinite breccia popular since ancient times as a decorative facing stone. It is a dark, dull green, white-mottled (or white-veined) serpentine, mixed with calcite, dolomite, or magnesite.
Ophicalcite sometimes classed, erroneously, as a variety of marble. It also called and marketed as “ophite”. Non-brecciated varieties of a very similar serpentinite sometimes also called “verd antique”. The term verd antique documented in English texts as early as 1745 (More information about ophicalcite).
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