brucite

Brucite
1.Dimensions: 90-99
2.Application:industrial uses
3.COLOR:WHITE
4.PAYMENT:T/T;L/C
White brucite
It is a mineral that is not often used as a mineral specimen but does have some important industrial uses.It is a minor ore of magnesium metal and a source of magnesia.It is also used as an additive in certain refractories.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS:
Color is white or colorless with shades of gray,blue and green
Luster is vitreous or waxy;cleabage surfaces have a pearly luster
Transparency Crystals are translucent and rarely transparent
Crystal System is trigonal;bar 32/m
Hardness is 2-2.5
Specific Gravity is 2.4(slightly below average)
Streak is white
Other Characteristics:cleavage flakes and fibers are flexible but not elastic
Associated Minerals are calcite,wollastonite,nepheline,talc,aragonite,serpentine,chromite,dolomite,magnesite,periclase and other magnesium minerals.