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Chromium-bearing Clinochlore from
Kop Krom mine, Kop Daglari, Aşkale District, Erzurum Province, Turkey


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Chromium-bearing Clinochlore

Kop Krom mine, Kop Daglari, Aşkale District, Erzurum Province, Turkey
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Chromium-bearing Clinochlore

Kop Krom mine, Kop Daglari, Aşkale District, Erzurum Province, Turkey
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Chromium-bearing Clinochlore

Kop Krom mine, Kop Daglari, Aşkale District, Erzurum Province, Turkey
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Chromium-bearing Clinochlore

Kop Krom mine, Kop Daglari, Aşkale District, Erzurum Province, Turkey
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Chromium-bearing Clinochlore

Kop Krom mine, Kop Daglari, Aşkale District, Erzurum Province, Turkey
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Chromium-bearing Clinochlore

Kop Krom mine, Kop Daglari, Aşkale District, Erzurum Province, Turkey
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Chromium-bearing Clinochlore

Kop Krom mine, Kop Daglari, Aşkale District, Erzurum Province, Turkey
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Chromium-bearing Clinochlore

Kop Krom mine, Kop Daglari, Aşkale District, Erzurum Province, Turkey
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Chromium-bearing Clinochlore

Kop Krom mine, Kop Daglari, Aşkale District, Erzurum Province, Turkey
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Chromium-bearing Clinochlore

Kop Krom mine, Kop Daglari, Aşkale District, Erzurum Province, Turkey
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Chromium-bearing Clinochlore

Kop Krom mine, Kop Daglari, Aşkale District, Erzurum Province, Turkey
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Chromium-bearing Clinochlore

Kop Krom mine, Kop Daglari, Aşkale District, Erzurum Province, Turkey
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Clinochlore var: Chromium-bearing Clinochlore
Formula:Mg5(Al,Cr)2Si3O10(OH)8
Quality for species:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calcite12
Chromite7
Brucite5
Hydroxylapatite4
Hydromagnesite3
Uvarovite3
Chrysotile2
Clinochlore1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chromium-bearing Clinochlore data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kop Krom mine, Kop Daglari, Aşkale District, Erzurum Province, Turkey
Photo GalleryView Gallery (193 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:6612
Long-form Identifier:1:3:6612:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chromium-bearing Clinochlore
10.5km (6.5 miles) ⓘPembe Gül Mine, Kop Daglari, Çayırlı District, Erzincan Province, Turkey
References
Dietrich, Roland (1978) Kämmererite from the Kop Krom Mine, Kop Daglari, Turkey. The Mineralogical Record, 9 (5) 277-287
Dietrich, Roland, Dietrich, Margot (2001) Anatolische Erinnungen (I). Kämmererit "kirmizi rüya"- Der rote Traum [Anatolian Memories (I). Kämmererit "kirmizi rüya" - The Red Dream]. Mineralien Welt, 12 (2). 40-53
Hatipoğlu, M., Oğuzer, M. B., & Baki Buzlu, H. (2013). Gemmological and mineralogical investigations and genesis of the kammererite from the Keşiş (Erzincan) and Kop (Erzurum) mountains. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 84, 20-35.
 
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