Item talk:Q162320
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Mindat Short Description
One of the most common members of the chlorite group. It forms a solid solution series with its also very common Fe2+-analogue chamosite.
Because iron-bearing clinochlore may be variably oxidized, its appearance and optical properties may vary wid...
Geoscience Ontology Status Notes
Blake W P (1851) Optical and blowpipe examination of the supposed chlorite of Chester County, Pa., American Journal of Science and Arts 12, 339-341 Chemical formula revised from Mg6Si4O10(OH)8 after: Zanazzi P F, Comodi P, Nazzareni S, Andreozzi G B (2009) Thermal behaviour of chlorite: an in situ single-crystal and powder diffraction study, European Journal of Mineralogy 21, 581-589
IMA Formula (from Mindat)
Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
RRUFF Formula (from Geoscience Ontology)
Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
