Clinochlore R061080

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Name: Clinochlore
RRUFF ID: R061080
Ideal Chemistry: Mg6Si4O10(OH)8
Locality: Callaghan Creek, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
Source: Lloyd Twaites LT 1538 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Dark green micaceous crystals with quartz
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R061080.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Mg2.82Fe2+1.80A11.24   0.08Mn0.06)Σ=6(Si2.91Al1.09)Σ=4O10(OH)8
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RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 785nm @ 100% of 500mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R061080.1
Sample Description: Powder profile, cell parameters are from single-crystal work
Cell Refinement Output: a: 5.362(5)Å    b: 9.26(1)Å    c: 14.26(2)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 97.39(6)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 702(1)    Crystal System: monoclinic
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REFERENCES for Clinochlore

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file]

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   [view file]

Gordon S G (1918) New minerals, American Mineralogist, 3, 165-166   [view file]

Fleischer M (1954) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 39, 848-852   [view file]

Wang X, Greenwood H J (1988) An experimental study of the equilibrium: grossular + clinochlore = 3 diopside + 2 spinel + 4 H2O, The Canadian Mineralogist, 26, 269-281   [view file]

Zheng H, Bailey S W (1989) Structures of intergrowth triclinic and monoclinic IIb chlorites from Kenya, Clays and Clay Minerals, 37, 308-316

Joswig W, Fuess H (1990) Refinement of a one-layer triclinic chlorite, Clays and Clay Minerals, 38, 216-218

Kleppe A K, Jephcoat A P, Welch M D (2003) The effect of pressure upon hydrogen bonding in chlorite: A Raman spectroscopic study of clinochlore to 26.5 GPa, American Mineralogist, 88, 567-573   [view file]

Gopal N O, Narasimhulu K V, Rao J L (2004) Optical absorption, EPR, infrared and Raman spectral studies of clinochlore mineral, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 65, 1887-1893   [link]

Zanazzi P F, Montagnoli M, Nazzareni S, Comodi P (2006) Structural effects of pressure on triclinic chlorite: A single-crystal study, American Mineralogist, 91, 1871-1877   [view file]

Zanazzi P F, Montagnoli M, Nazzareni S, Comodi P (2007) Structural effects of pressure on monoclinic chlorite: a single-crystal study, American Mineralogist, 92, 655-661   [view file]

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