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Chromian Clinochlore & Chrysotile

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Chromian Clinochlore & Chrysotile

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Description
Locality: 
Kop Krom Mine, Kop Daglari, Erzurum Province, Turkey
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.6 × 4.6 × 1.8 cm
Description

Rare specimen with snow white fibrous crystals of chrysotile covering a chromite matrix with deep magenta-coloured crystals of chromian clinochlore, previously known as kämmererite.

Ex. Erik Huygen specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chromian Clinochlore

Variety Of: 

Clinochlore

Formula: 
(Mg,Fe2+)5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Strunz: 
9.EC.55
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Formula: 
Mg5(Al,Cr)2Si3O10(OH)8
Hardness: 
0.0

Chrysotile

Formula: 
Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Strunz: 
9.ED.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic - Prismatic
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Green
Type Locality: 
Zloty Stok (Reichenstein), Ząbkowice District, Lower Silesia (Dolnośląskie), Poland

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