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Chloritoid : (Fe2+,Mg,Mn2+)Al2[O|(OH)2|SiO4] | |
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Konar (Kunar; Konarh; Konarha; Nuristan) Province, Afghanistan 6.3 x 3.5 x 3.0 cm. An unusually displayable chloritoid cluster in that it is on matrix (contrasting matrix at that!), and has multiple crystals (to 3 cm) instead of the usual broken single crystal one so often sees. Chloritoid is very rare, and great crystals, the world's best, seem to have come out from only one aberrant find in Afghanistan ... |
| © Rob Lavinsky | Photo ID: 154911 View Count: 201 |
Chloritoid : (Fe2+,Mg,Mn2+)Al2[O|(OH)2|SiO4] | |
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Darra-i-Pech (Darra-e-Pech) Pegmatite Field, Nangarhar (Ningarhar) Province, Afghanistan 4.1 x 2.5 cm. An extremely fine lustrous, xl plate consisting of several flat individuals. Under very strong illumination and on the thinnest edges the material is seen to be an extremely dark green color. Xls of this quality are extremely rare and this one, as all all, is from a small find that was made many years ago. The first xl that I ... |
| © H. Obodda | Photo ID: 185605 View Count: 125 |
Chloritoid : (Fe2+,Mg,Mn2+)Al2[O|(OH)2|SiO4], Paragonite : NaAl2[(OH)2|AlSi3O10] | |
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Drandorf Fundgrube Mine, Bockau, Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany Grayish chloritoid in paragonite. Picture size 4 mm. Photographer and collection Thomas Witzke. |
| © Thomas Witzke | Photo ID: 11143 View Count: 522 |
Chloritoid : (Fe2+,Mg,Mn2+)Al2[O|(OH)2|SiO4] | |
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Servette-Chuc Mine, Saint-Marcel, Aosta Valley, Italy Specimen size 5x3,5 cm, from Servette mine. Collection and photo Giovanni Fraccaro. |
| © G.Fraccaro | Photo ID: 163103 View Count: 189 |
Chloritoid : (Fe2+,Mg,Mn2+)Al2[O|(OH)2|SiO4] | |
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Colle di Cervetto, Sampeyre, Varaita Valley, Dora Maira Massif, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy Overall size 9x6x4 cm. Group of big black chloritoid lamellae with max. size 30 mm. immersed in quartz matrix. Photo and private collection of Marco Macchieraldo. |
| © Marco Macchieraldo | Photo ID: 177655 View Count: 149 |
Chloritoid : (Fe2+,Mg,Mn2+)Al2[O|(OH)2|SiO4] | |
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Västanå Iron Mine (Westanå Mine), Näsum, Bromölla, Skåne, Sweden Chloritoide crystals partly eroded. Size crystals 5mm. Polished section, refl. light, x-nic. Västanå Iron mine. Photo Kjell Gatedal |
| © Kjell Gatedal | Photo ID: 7978 View Count: 1142 |
Chloritoid : (Fe2+,Mg,Mn2+)Al2[O|(OH)2|SiO4] | |
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Hualien Co., Taiwan Province, Taiwan Nicely formed chloritoid crystals found frozen in alterated chlorite. |
| Photo ID: 212632 View Count: 143 | |
Chloritoid : (Fe2+,Mg,Mn2+)Al2[O|(OH)2|SiO4] | |
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Weaver Hill, Tyson, Plymouth, Windsor Co., Vermont, USA Crystals in schist. Harvard Mineralogical Museum specimen no. 115879. P. Cristofono photo. |
| © 2009 Peter Cristofono | Photo ID: 252017 View Count: 24 |
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