Clinochlore ("Seraphinite")

Clinochloor, Clinochlorita, Clinocloro, Klinochlor, 斜绿泥石, クリノクロア, 단사녹니석, ไคลโนคลอร์, Клинохлор
Kämmererit, Kammererite, Chromian Clinochlore, Clinochlore Giàu Crôm, קמרירייט, カメレライト, 含鉻斜鎂綠泥石


Commonly known      rarer (so called collectors stones)      very rare (rarities)      relatively rare organic material


Formula: (Mg,Fe2+)5Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)8
Mineral class: silicates
Crystal system: monoclinic
Mohs scale: 2 - 2.5
Density (g/cm3): 2.60 - 3.02
Refractive index: 1.571 - 1.599
Cleavage: perfect
Colors: colorless, white, grey, yellow, pink, red, green, bluish
Transparency: transparent - translucent
Luster: pearly - greasy - dull
Fluorescence: -
Pleochroism: light yellow-green - light blue-green
Largest crystal: 10 cm?
Deposits: worldwide
Discovery: 1851
1st Description: 1851
Name: a combination of the two Greek words "klinein" (to incline) and "chloros" (green), because of the obliquity between the optical axes, and the usually green color

Clinochlore Mineral

Size: 8.7 x 8.1 x 4.6 cm

Origin: Saranovskii Mine / Sarany / Permskaya Oblast' / Urals / Russia

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Clinochlore Mineral
Clinochlore

Size: 2.6 x 2.6 x 0.6 cm
Weight: 28.90 ct
Origin: Korshunovskoye / Siberia / Russia

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Clinochlore Mineral

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Origin: Yellow Cat Mine / New Idria Distr. / San Benito County / California / USA

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Clinochlore Mineral
Clinochlore

Size: 1.99 x 1.50 cm
Weight: 16.18 ct
Origin: Korshunovskoye / Siberia / Russia

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Clinochlore Mineral

Size: 8.4 x 7.9 x 3.5 cm

Origin: Tilly Foster Mine / Brewster / Putnam County / New York / USA

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Clinochlore Mineral

Clinochlore Mineral Var. Kämmererite

Size: 3.9 x 2 x 1.8 cm

Origin: Kop Daglari / Erzurum Prov. / Turkey

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Clinochlore Mineral
Clinochlore Var. Kämmererite

Size: 0.44 ct
Weight: 0.44 ct
Origin: Turkey

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