| Name: | Magnesiochloritoid Mcld |
| IMA Chemistry: | MgAl2O(SiO4)(OH)2 |
| Chemistry Elements: | The mineral Magnesiochloritoid contains elements: Magnesium (Mg) Aluminum (Al) Oxygen (O) Silicon (Si) Hydrogen (H) |
| Country of Type Locality: | Switzerland / Italy |
| Year First Published: | 1963 |
| IMA Status: | Approved,Renamed |
| Status Notes: | Mineral is described as a magnesium chloritoid: Bearth P (1963) Chloritoid und Paragonit aus der Ophiolith-Zone von Zermatt-Saas Fee. Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen 43, 269-286 Mineral is named: Chopin C (1983) Magnesiochloritoid, a key-mineral for the petrogenesis of high-grade pelitic blueschists, Bulletin de Minéralogie 106, 715-717 |
| Structural Group Name: | Chloritoid |
| Fleischer's Group Name: | ottrelite |
| Crystal Systems: | monoclinic |
| Oldest Known Age: | 260 Million Years Ago |
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