Chlorite is a mineral group whose members usually exhibit a characteristic green colour, opaque, usually friable or easily pulverized, composed of little spangles, scales, prisms, or shining small grains, and consisting of silica, alumina, magnesia, and protoxide of iron. Chlorite is distinguished from muscovite and green phlogopite by a lack of elasticity. It has a relative hardness of 3. There are four subspecies - chlorite earth, common chlorite, chlorite slate, and foliated chlorite. Research Chlorite
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