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Clinochlore R060725

Name: Clinochlore
RRUFF ID: R060725
Ideal Chemistry: Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈
Locality: Crestmore Quarry, Riverside, California, USA
Source: Bob Jenkins [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Green transparent books of mica
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Groups: [ chlorite (7) ] [ Clay (86) ]

Quick search: [ All Clinochlore samples (3) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060725.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Mg_4.65Al_1.12Fe²⁺_0.17◻_0.06)_Σ=6(Si_3.00Al_1.00)_Σ=4O₁₀(OH)₈
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Laser is polarized perpendicular to the sheet

Pin ID:

L01861

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060725

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (Processed)
	RRUFF File
	Raman Data (RAW)
	RRUFF File

INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R060725.1

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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	Infrared Data (Processed)
	RRUFF File

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060725.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 5.305(1)Å b: 9.180(2)Å c: 14.339(1)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 97.57(3)° gamma: 90° Volume: 692.2(3)Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

File Type Information

Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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	Cell Refinement Data
	Cell Refinement Output Data
	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - Processed)
	RRUFF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

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
Wicks F J, Dunn P J, Back M E, Ramik R A (2015) "Maufite" discredited: Not a mineral species but an important interstratified Ni-bearing lizardite + clinochlore, The Canadian Mineralogist, 53, 911-920 [view file]
Barkov A Y, Nikiforov A A, Tolstykh N D, Shvedov G I, Korolyuk V N (2017) Compounds of Ru-Se-S, alloys of Os-Ir, framboidal Ru nanophases, and laurite-clinochlore intergrowths in the Pados-Tundra complex, Kola Peninsula, Russia, European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 613-621
Bilohuščin V, Uher P, Koděra P, Milovská S, Mikuš T, Bačík P (2017) Evolution of borate minerals from contact metamorphic to hydrothermal stages: Ludwigite-group minerals and szaibélyite from the Vysoká - Zlatno skarn, Slovakia, Mineralogy and Petrology, 111, 643-658
Bobos I, Noronha F, Mateus A (2018) Fe-, Fe,Mn- and Fe,Mg-chlorite: a genetic linkage to W, (Cu,Mo) mineralization in the magmatic-hydrothermal system at Borralha, northern Portugal, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, S259-S279
Queffelec A, Fouéré P, Paris C, Stouvenot C, Bellot-Gurlet L (2018) Local production and long-distance procurement of beads and pendants with high mineralogical diversity in an early Saladoid settlement of Guadeloupe (French West Indies), Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 21, 275-288
Schindler M, Lussier A J, Principe E, Mykytczuk N (2018) Dissolution mechanisms of chromitite: Understanding the release and fate of chromium in the environment, American Mineralogist, 103, 271-283
Luberda-Durnaś K, Szczerba M, Lempart M, Ciesielska Z, Derkowski A (2020) Layer stacking disorder in Mg-Fe chlorites based on powder X-ray diffraction data, American Mineralogist, 105, 353-362 [view file]

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

Wicks F J, Dunn P J, Back M E, Ramik R A (2015) "Maufite" discredited: Not a mineral species but an important interstratified Ni-bearing lizardite + clinochlore, The Canadian Mineralogist, 53, 911-920 [view file]

Barkov A Y, Nikiforov A A, Tolstykh N D, Shvedov G I, Korolyuk V N (2017) Compounds of Ru-Se-S, alloys of Os-Ir, framboidal Ru nanophases, and laurite-clinochlore intergrowths in the Pados-Tundra complex, Kola Peninsula, Russia, European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 613-621

Bilohuščin V, Uher P, Koděra P, Milovská S, Mikuš T, Bačík P (2017) Evolution of borate minerals from contact metamorphic to hydrothermal stages: Ludwigite-group minerals and szaibélyite from the Vysoká - Zlatno skarn, Slovakia, Mineralogy and Petrology, 111, 643-658

Bobos I, Noronha F, Mateus A (2018) Fe-, Fe,Mn- and Fe,Mg-chlorite: a genetic linkage to W, (Cu,Mo) mineralization in the magmatic-hydrothermal system at Borralha, northern Portugal, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, S259-S279

Queffelec A, Fouéré P, Paris C, Stouvenot C, Bellot-Gurlet L (2018) Local production and long-distance procurement of beads and pendants with high mineralogical diversity in an early Saladoid settlement of Guadeloupe (French West Indies), Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 21, 275-288

Schindler M, Lussier A J, Principe E, Mykytczuk N (2018) Dissolution mechanisms of chromitite: Understanding the release and fate of chromium in the environment, American Mineralogist, 103, 271-283

Luberda-Durnaś K, Szczerba M, Lempart M, Ciesielska Z, Derkowski A (2020) Layer stacking disorder in Mg-Fe chlorites based on powder X-ray diffraction data, American Mineralogist, 105, 353-362 [view file]