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Chlorite

A group of layer silicate minerals of the 2:1 type that has the interlayer filled with a positively charged metal-hydroxide octahedral sheet. There are both trioctahedral (e.g., M = Fe(II), Mg2+, Mn2+, Ni2+) and dioctahedral (M= Al3+, Fe3+, Cr3+) varieties.

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