Clinochlore – Natural, Specimen, Purple

Clinochlore (Var.: Chromian Clinochlore). Locality: Kop Krom mine, Kop Daglari, Erzurum Province, Eastern Anatolia Region, Turkey (Locality at mindat.org). Size: 7.2 x 6.0 x 3.0 cm. Kammererite is the rare, chromium-rich variety of clinochlore. This superb specimen features discrete, beautifully gem crystals to 5 mm richly and aesthetically scattered on matrix covered with kammererite microcrystals. by Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com - CC-BY-SA-3.0 [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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