A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Ripidolite with ankerite |
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| Description | Ripidolite is a phyllosilicate and a form of clinochlore. It occurs in contact, hydrothermal, and regional metamorphism of mafic minerals. Ripidolite's chemical formula is (Mg,Fe)5Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)8. Ripidolite comes from the Greek rhipis, meaning “fan” and lithos, meaning “stone”. |
| Location | USA ▹ Utah. Near Chester. |
| Photographer | Shannon Heinle. 2002-02-10. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #1415. |
| Key words | ripidolite, clinochlore, phyllosilicate |
| Tech details | 331 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 2330 |
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