A rare mineral, a magnesium iron silicate with a monoclinic crystal structure, related to humite.
From clino- (monoclinic) plus humite (a related mineral group named after mineralogist Abraham Humite), combining the crystal system descriptor with a mineral family name.
Clinohumite belongs to the humite group, rare high-temperature minerals found in metamorphic rocks—geologists use them as 'thermometers' to understand how hot rocks got during mountain building!
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