Name: Clinochlore (Fe+2,Mg)5Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)8
Type: Mineral
Class: Silicate
Subclass: Phyllosilicate
Particle Size: Solid
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.(sheet silicates) (Chlorite Group)Sampled measured had cleavage face.  Original ASTER Spectral Library name was jhu.nicolet.mineral.silicate.phyllosilicate.solid.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
