Name: Clinochlore (Fe+2,Mg)5Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)8
Type: Mineral
Class: Silicate
Subclass: Phyllosilicate
Particle Size: Coarse
Sample No.: clinochl_2
Owner: JHU
Wavelength Range: TIR
Origin: Hunt and Salisbury Collection (from the Clay Mineral SocietyRepository #CCA-1); orign, Flagstaff Hill, El Dorado Co., California. 
Collection Date: N/A
Description:  The sample was made up of green chunks of coarsely crystalline material.  Microscopic examination indicated that it was pure. Particle size was 74-250 Micrometers.(sheet silicates) (Chlorite Group) Original ASTER Spectral Library name was jhu.nicolet.mineral.silicate.phyllosilicate.coarse.clinoc2.spectrum.txt
Mineral:  Clinochlore (Fe+2,Mg)5Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)8

Sample No.: clinochl.2

XRD Analysis:  Pure ferroan clinochlore (ripidolite).

Chemistry:  XRF analysis by Ardith Bartel, USGS Branch of Analytical 
Chemistry, Denver, gave the following composition:

SiO2	25.80
Al2O3	20.70
FeTO3	26.10
Mg0 	17.70
Ca0	<0.02
K2O	<0.02
Na2O	0.22
TiO2	0.85
MnO	 0.09
P2O5	<0.05
LOI 900 C	9.23
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Total	100.78
