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Clinochlore

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Clinochlore

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Description
Locality: 
Yellow Cat Mine, New Idria, San Benito County, California, United States of America
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4 × 3.1 cm
Description

A minature specimen of green clinochlore crystals on matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Clinochlore

Formula: 
(Mg,Fe2+)5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Strunz: 
9.EC.55
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Brinton's Quarry, West Chester, Westtown Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA...