“…Figure 3 shows clearly the relation between the temperature of the typical endothermal effect and the chemical composition of the members of this isomorphous series: at the magnesium end of the series, lizardite, the endothermal peak has a temperature maximum of 700°; toward nepouite this effect occurs at ever decreasing temperatures so that the nickel end-member of this series, nepouite, has an endothermal peak at about 500°. Such a dependence of the temperatures of endothermic effects on the composition of the octahedral Notes: 1 -Kennen Cove, Lizard (Deer et al, 1962);2 -Kopaonik (Raclukich and Nikolich, 1963); 3 -Nilizardite, Calif. (Montoya and Baur, 1963); 4 -Ni-lizardite, New Caledonia (Montoya and Baur, 1963); 5 -Nepouite, New Caledonia (Glasser, 1907;Caillere, 1936); 6 -New Caledonia, (Montoya and Baur, 1963 layer of serpentine minerals was noted by Caillere and Henin( 1957). The decrease of the temperature of the endothermal effect in our case was probably also affected by the difference in degree of crystallinity of lizardite and nepouite.…”