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ChloritoidChloritoid is a silicate mineral of metamorphic origin. It is an iron magnesium manganese alumino silicate hydroxide with formula: (Fe,Mg,Mn)2Al4Si2O10(OH)4. It occurs as greenish grey to black platy micaceous triclinic crystals and foliated masses. The Mohs hardness at 6.5 is unusually high for a platy mineral and it has a specific gravity of 3.52 to 3.57. It typically occurs in phyllites, schists and marbles. Additional recommended knowledgeIt was first described in 1837 from localities in the Ural Mountains region of Russia. References
Categories: Iron minerals | Magnesium minerals | Manganese minerals | Aluminium minerals | Nesosilicates |
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