Clinochlore var. ripidolith with Albite, Rutile & Muscovite
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Clinochlore var. ripidolith with Albite, Rutile & Muscovite
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- Availability
- Sold
- Size
- 9 x 6 x 4 cm - Sm Cabinet
- Formula
- Mg6Si4O10(OH)8 (RRUFF)
- Locality
- Sorescia Alp, St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
Coarse crystalline deep green micaceous crystals of Clinochlore, variety ripidolith. This variety was originally an intermediate member of the clinochlore-chamosite series. Found in 1974 and once in the collection of Dr. Gerhard Jung. See prov. tab.
Clinochlore
- Formula
- Mg6Si4O10(OH)8
- Crystal System
- Monoclinic
- Crystal Habit
- Massive - Fibrous, Pseudo Hexagonal, Granular
- Cleavage
- Perfect, None, None
- Luster
- Vitreous - Pearly
- Color
- blackish green, bluish green, white, yellowish green, olive green
- Streak
- white
- Class
- Monoclinic - Prismatic
- Fracture
- Uneven
- Hardness
- 2-2.5
Data courtesy of Webmineral.
- Collection
- Phillips Collection
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- On Dakota Matrix
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