Carboirite-Chloritoid Series
A solid-solution series between two end-member minerals
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About Carboirite-Chloritoid Series
Crystal System:
Triclinic
Series Formula:
Fe2+Al2O(GeO4)(OH)2 to Fe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2
Unique Identifiers
Mindat ID:
8729
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:8729:8
Crystallography of Carboirite-Chloritoid Series
Crystal System:
Triclinic
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Data courtesy of the American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database. Click on an AMCSD ID to view structure
| ID | Species | Reference | Link | Year | Locality | Pressure (GPa) | Temp (K) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0000786 | Chloritoid | Hanscom R (1980) The structure of triclinic chloritoid and chloritoid polymorphism American Mineralogist 65 534-539 | ![]() | 1980 | 0 | 293 | |
| 0006828 | Chloritoid | Koch-Muller M, Abs-Wurmbach I, Langer K, Shaw C, Wirth R, Gottschalk M (2000) Synthetic and natural Fe-Mg chloritoid: structural, spectroscopic and thermodynamic studies European Journal of Mineralogy 12 293-314 | 2000 | 0 | 293 | ||
| 0006829 | Chloritoid | Koch-Muller M, Abs-Wurmbach I, Langer K, Shaw C, Wirth R, Gottschalk M (2000) Synthetic and natural Fe-Mg chloritoid: structural, spectroscopic and thermodynamic studies European Journal of Mineralogy 12 293-314 | 2000 | 0 | 293 | ||
| 0008491 | Chloritoid | Koch-Muller M, Kahlenberg V, Schmidt C, Wirth R (2000) Location of OH groups and oxidation processes in triclinic chloritoid Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 27 703-712 | 2000 | 0 | 293 |
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Health Risks:
No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.
Carboirite-Chloritoid Series in petrology
An essential component of rock names highlighted in red, an accessory component in rock names highlighted in green.
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Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada