Serpentinite

Rock group Metamorphic
Metamorphism type Regional
Metamorphic rock class Ultramafic
Protoliths Peridotite
Pyroxenite
Common minerals Antigorite
Chrysotile
Lizardite (serpentine group)
Talc

Serpentinite in Hand Sample

Serpentinite with a chrysotile hat
Serpentinite melange exposed on Marshall’s Beach in San Francisco
Serpentinite showing slickenfibers
Serpentinite breccia from the North Anatolian Fault
Serpentinite from the Josephine ophiolite

Serpentinite in Thin Section

Serpentinite in plane polars
Serpentinite in crossed polars

Serpentine, XPL

Serpentinite, crossed polars