Chondrodite : CSIRO Spectroscopy Database

Chondrodite [ Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂ ]

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Formula	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂
Abbreviation	Chn
Classifications	Minerals containing SiO4, Humite (subgroup)
IMA Status	Grandfathered (pre-IMA), 1817
Search other databases	webmineral.com, mindat.org, rruf.info, fluomin.org, mineralienatlas.de, Handbook of Mineralogy, American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database
Crystal symmetry	Monoclinic, Point group 2/m, Space group P2₁/c (#14)
Tags	Mineral, Silicate

Name	Owner	Materials	Image
Aragonite-Calcite-Chondrodite (#22, Ontario)	Hamblen, Prof James O., Georgia Tech	Aragonite, Calcite, Chondrodite	Aragonite-Calcite-Chondrodite (#22, Ontario) Photograph of specimen of containing calcite, aragonite, chondrodite, etc., from Long Lake Zinc Mine, Frontenac Co. Ontario Canada. Specimen size: 14cm Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.
Chondrodite-Calcite-Diopside-Hydrozincite (Ontario)	Hamblen, Prof James O., Georgia Tech	Calcite, Chondrodite, Diopside, Hydrozincite	Chondrodite-Calcite-Diopside-Hydrozincite (Ontario) Photograph of a specimen containing chondrodite, calcite, diopside and hydrozincite, from Long Lake Zinc Mine, Frontenac Co. Ontario Canada. Size: 13cm Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.
Hydrozincite (#6, Ontario)	Hamblen, Prof James O., Georgia Tech	Calcite, Chondrodite, Diopside, Hydrozincite	Hydrozincite (#6, Ontario) Photograph of a specimen of hydrozincite, chondrodite, Ddopside and calcite from Long Lake Zinc Mine, Frontenac Co. Ontario Canada. Size: 14cm Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.