Serpentinite
Type | Metamorphic Rock |
Texture | Non-foliated to weakly-foliated; Variable grain size |
Composition | Serpentine |
Index Minerals | |
Color | Mottled Green and gray |
Miscellaneous | May be harder than glass in places |
Metamorphic Type | Hydrothermal |
Metamorphic Grade | Low Grade |
Parent Rock | Peridotite |
Metamorphic Environment | Hydrothermal solutions concentrated during final stages of magma crystallization in batholiths or hot seawater solutions drawn down into subduction zones |