ottrélite
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Ottrelite is a form of chloritoid. Its empirical formula is .
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Ottrelite
- Mineral.image
- Ottrelite-41820.jpg
- Mineral.caption
- Ottrelite
- Mineral.category
- Nesosilicate
- Mineral.strunz
- 09.AF.85
- Mineral.molweight
- 490.11
- Mineral.color
- Pistachio green
- Mineral.habit
- Granular
- Mineral.twinning
- Polysynthetic, {001}
- Mineral.cleavage
- {001} perfect; {110} likely
- Mineral.mohs
- 6–7
- Mineral.luster
- Vitreous to nearly adamantine on cleavages
- Mineral.streak
- Greenish, grayish
- Mineral.diaphaneity
- Translucent
- Mineral.gravity
- 3.50
- Mineral.density
- 3.52
- Mineral.dispersion
- r > v, strong
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Ottrelite is a form of chloritoid. Its empirical formula is .
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