ИСТИНА

Serpentine is a polygenic mineral which is formed under various geological conditions. The latest data show that serpentine can be regarded as reference point of deep mantle and subduction processes (IMA-2010). The obtained experimental data show that elastic characteristics of minerals change depending on phase composition of serpentine. That information can be used for the interpretation of geophysical data and our knowledge of the deep structure of a lithosphere. From this point of view it is actual to study different samples of serpentine from various deposits and detect features of the minerals formed at high pressures and temperatures.