Preliminary Study on Characteristics of Serpentine Jade from Jilin Province

The serpentine jade samples from Yanjiang Village in Fusong County of Baishan City, Jilin Province, are studied from the geological background, laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS), X-ray powder diffraction as well as FTIR spectrum, and compared with the serpentine jade samples from Liaoning Province in this paper.The results show that the main colour of the serpentine jade samples from Jilin Province is various green.The samples contain the elements such as Si, Al, Cr, Fe, Mn, Mg, Ca, Sr and Na, with the stronger spectra of Ca and Mg and the low contents of Al, Mn and Sr.The results of X-ray powder diffraction show that the samples from Jilin Province mainly consist of chrysotile.The results of FTIR spectrum show the spectral characteristics of chrysotile.