About Clinohumite
A rare magnesium silicate of the humite group, typically yellow, orange, or reddish-brown. It's associated with joy, creativity, and personal power, stimulating the sacral chakra and promoting optimism.
Primary Hues
Yellow, Orange, Red, Brown, White, often with vitreous luster
Geological & Scientific Details
Clinohumite is classified as a nesosilicate mineral which typically crystallizes in the monoclinic system. Its chemical formula is (Mg,Fe)9(SiO4)4(F,OH)2. Common crystal habits include granular, prismatic, twinned.
Key Geological Properties:
- Mineral Category: Nesosilicate
- Chemical Formula: (Mg,Fe)9(SiO4)4(F,OH)2
- IMA Symbol: Chu[1]
- Crystal System: Monoclinic
- Predominant Geological Color: Brownish to orange, yellow, red
- Crystal Habit: Granular, prismatic, twinned
- Twinning: Simple, lamellar common on {100}
- Cleavage: Poor on {100}
- Luster: Vitreous to resinous
- Streak: White
- Diaphaneity: Transparent to translucent
Associated Minerals
- Humite
- Norbergite
- Chondrodite
- Spinel
- Forsterite
- Calcite
- Diopside