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Clinochlore R150146

Name: Clinochlore
RRUFF ID: R150146
Ideal Chemistry: Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈
Locality: Kop Dağı, Erzurum, Turkey
Source: Leor Goldberg
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pink thick pseudohexagonal crystals, with tapering pyramidal faces. Crystals are twinned, with the twin axis along [310].
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.

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

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RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R150146

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R150146.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 5.3515(11)Å b: 9.2540(19)Å c: 14.386(3)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 97.08(3)° gamma: 90° Volume: 707.0(4)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.

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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
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]