Great South Gems & Minerals
• Chlorite (Dark Green) specimens • (Georgia)
• Chlorite (Dark Green) specimens • (Georgia)
Chlorite - iron - magnesium - aluminum
Chlorite is a basic iron, magnesium, aluminum silicates. Hardness 2
to 2-1/2. Has thin dark green mica-like layers. Metamorphic.
Iron Aluminum Magnesium Silicate
Hydroxide. A chlorite (compound) is a compound that contains this
group, with chlorine
in oxidation
state +3. Chlorites are also known as salts
of chlorous
acid "Chlorite" is a name used for a group of sheet silicate
minerals with similar properties. They are primarily found in
weakly metamorphosed
rock and form from the alteration of clay-rich sedimentary rocks
and from alteration of pyroxenes, amphiboles and micas.
They are also found in some sediments.
See Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorite
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