donbassite

mineral

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chlorite minerals

  • sheet structure of silica tetrahedrons
    In clay mineral: Chlorite

    …aluminum hydroxide sheet are called donbassite and have the ideal formula of Al4.33(Si3Al)O10(OH)8 as an end-member for the dioctahedral chlorite. In many cases, the octahedral aluminum ions are partially replaced by magnesium, as in magnesium-rich aluminum dioctahedral chlorites called sudoite. Cookeite is another type of dioctahedral chlorite, in which lithium…

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