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White Serpentine

The chalky-cream end of the serpentine palette, nearly always from the same Chinese deposits as the green material and constantly used to imitate white nephrite. Density and hardness separate them in seconds.

Colour
colourless to white

Transparency
Opaque to semi-translucent at thin edges

RI
1.560–1.570

SG
2.44–2.80

Mohs
2.5–5.5

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White Serpentine

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