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CLINOCHLORE   South of Soapstone Quarry, Richmond, NH
1.5 cm clinochlore crystal. A zoom view of specimen 883

Species:           CLINOCHLORE
Locality:         South of Soapstone Quarry, Richmond, NH
Specimen Size: 1.5 cm clinochlore crystal. A zoom view of specimen 883
Field Collected: Tom Mortimer
Catalog No.: 883
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CLINOCHLORE   South of Soapstone Quarry, Richmond, NH
6.5 cm specimen of dark-green clinochlore in iron stained quartz.

Species:           CLINOCHLORE
Locality:         South of Soapstone Quarry, Richmond, NH
Specimen Size: 6.5 cm specimen of dark-green clinochlore in iron stained quartz.
Field Collected: Tom Mortimer
Catalog No.: 829
Notes: This is a natural sunlight photograph.

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CLINOCHLORE   South of Soapstone Quarry, Richmond, NH
2.5 cm specimen of dark-green clinochlore on iron stained quartz.

Species:           CLINOCHLORE
Locality:         South of Soapstone Quarry, Richmond, NH
Specimen Size: 2.5 cm specimen of dark-green clinochlore on iron stained quartz.
Field Collected: Tom Mortimer
Catalog No.: 795
Notes: This is a natural sunlight photograph.

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CLINOCHLORE    Soapstone Quarry, Richmond, NH
1.5 cm clinochlore in 4 cm specimen
Species:           CLINOCHLORE  
Locality:          Soapstone Quarry, Richmond, NH
Specimen Size: 1.5 cm clinochlore in 4 cm specimen
Field Collected: Tom Mortimer - 2006
Catalog No.: 1885
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CLINOCHLORE    Soapstone Quarry, Richmond, NH
1.3 cm specimen
Species:           CLINOCHLORE  
Locality:          Soapstone Quarry, Richmond, NH
Specimen Size: 1.3 cm specimen
Field Collected: Tom Mortimer - 2006
Catalog No.: TBC
Notes: For individual clinochlore crystals, these Richmond, NH ones stand up quite well, even on a world-wide stage.
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CLINOCHLORE   Franconia Iron Mine, Sugar Hill, NH
1.2 mm crystal crystal group - mostly edge view of clinochlore mica books.


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CLINOCHLORE   Franconia Iron Mine, Sugar Hill, NH
6 cm specimen

Species:           CLINOCHLORE
Locality:          Franconia Iron Mine, Sugar Hill, NH
Specimen Size: 1.2 mm crystal crystal group - mostly edge view of clinochlore mica books. 2nd view of full specimen.
Field Collected: Bob Whitmore - 1967
Catalog No.: A Ray Meyers collection specimen
Notes: Clinochlore crystals on epidote crystals.
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CLINOCHLORE  Rt. 101 - 101A Road Cut, Amherst, NH
0.8 mm field of view
Species:           CLINOCHLORE
Locality:          Rt. 101 - 101A Road Cut, Amherst, NH
Specimen Size: 0.8 mm field of view
Field Collected: Tom Mortimer
Catalog No.: TBC
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CLINOCHLORE  Rt. 101 - 101A Road Cut, Amherst, NH
1 mm field of view
Species:           CLINOCHLORE
Locality:          Rt. 101 - 101A Road Cut, Amherst, NH
Specimen Size: 1 mm field of view
Field Collected: Tom Mortimer
Catalog No.: TBC
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CLINOCHLORE  Tin Mtn. Mine, Jackson, NH
15 mm field of view
Species:           CLINOCHLORE
Locality:         Tin Mtn. Mine, Jackson, NH
Specimen Size: 15 mm field of view.
Field Collected: Tom Mortimer - 1993
Catalog No.: 2152
Notes: Dark green radial cylinders of clinochlore.
A polished grain EDS analysis (BC472) gave a very good match for clinochlore.
Webmineral.com gives an empirical chemistry for clinochlore as: Mg3.75Fe2+1.25Si3Al2O10(OH)8
The chemistry from the BC472 analysis is: Mg3.3Fe2+1.18Si2.86Al1.81O18H7.72