Chloritoid is a silicate mineral of metamorphic origin. It is an iron magnesium manganese alumino-silicate hydroxide with formula (Fe, Mg, Mn)
2Al
4Si
2O
10(OH)
4. It occurs as greenish grey to black platy micaceous crystals and foliated masses. Its Mohs hardness is 6.5, 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.
Chloritoid | |
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General | |
Category | Nesosilicates |
Formula (repeating unit) | (Fe,Mg,Mn) 2Al 4Si 2O 10(OH) 4 |
IMA symbol | Cld[1] |
Strunz classification | 9.AF.85 |
Dana classification | 52.03.03.01 |
Crystal system | 1A polytype: triclinic 2M polytype: monoclinic |
Crystal class | 1A polytype: pinacoidal (1) 2M polytype: prismatic (2/m) |
Unit cell | 1A polytype: a = 9.46 Å, b = 5.50 Å, c = 9.15 Å; α = 97.05°, β = 101.56°, γ = 90.10° 2M polytype: a = 9.50 Å, b = 5.50 Å, c = 18.22 Å; β = 101.9°; Z = 4 |
Identification | |
Color | Dark gray, greenish gray, greenish black |
Crystal habit | Tabular pseudohexagonal crystals; rosettes, commonly coarsely foliated with foliaetypically curved or bent; also massive |
Twinning | Common on {001}, polysynthetic may be lamellar |
Cleavage | Perfect on {001}, distinct on {110}; parting on {010} |
Tenacity | Brittle |
Mohs scale hardness | 6.5 |
Luster | pearly on cleavage surfaces |
Streak | White, grayish, or very slightly greenish |
Diaphaneity | Translucent |
Specific gravity | 3.46 – 3.80 |
Optical properties | Biaxial (+) or (−) |
Refractive index | nα = 1.713 – 1.730 nβ = 1.719 – 1.734 nγ = 1.723 – 1.740 |
Birefringence | δ = 0.010 |
Pleochroism | X = olive-green to yellow; Y = grayish blue to blue; Z = colorless to pale greenish yellow |
2V angle | Measured: 36° to 89° |
Dispersion | r > v; strong |
References | [2][3][4] |
Both monoclinic and triclinic polytypes exist and both are pseudohexagonal.[2][3]
It was first described in 1837 from localities in the Ural Mountains region of Russia. It was named for its similarity to the chlorite group of minerals.[3][4]
References edit
- ^ Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine. 85 (3): 291–320. Bibcode:2021MinM...85..291W. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43. S2CID 235729616.
- ^ a b Handbook of Mineralogy
- ^ a b c Mindat
- ^ a b Webmineral data
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