Brucite Specimen 1.5cm 1g

Small white to off-white/yellow slightly fibrous Brucite specimen. Size approx 1.5cm. Weight approx 1g.

Brucite is the mineral form of magnesium hydroxide. It is often found with Serpentine, Dolomite, Aragonite or Calcite in ultramafic rock or marble. Brucite forms as a result of the alteration or low-grade metamorphism of other magnesium-rich minerals, such as olivine and periclase. It occurs in a variety of colours including white, pale green, blue, grey, and yellow to brownish red. It can be fibrous to massive. Brucite was named in 1824 by François Sulpice Beudant, in honour of Archibald Bruce, a physician, early American mineralogist, and editor of the American Mineralogical Journal, who first described the species.