Tags: Chemical Substance, Mineral.
Clinohumite is an uncommon member of the humite group a magnesium silicate according to the chemical formula (MgFe)9(SiO4)4(FOH)2. The formula can be thought of as four olivine (Mg2SiO4) plus one brucite (Mg(OH)2). Indeed the mineral is essentially a hydrated olivine and occurs in altered ultramafic rocks and carbonatites.
