{{distinguish|Carpolite (disambiguation){{!}}Carpolite}} {{infobox mineral | name = Carpholite | image = Carfolite.jpg | imagesize = 260px | caption = | category = Inosilicate | formula = Mn<sup>2+</sup>Al<sub>2</sub>Si<sub>2</sub>O<sub>6</sub>(OH)<sub>4</sub> | IMAsymbol=Car<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Warr|first=L.N.|date=2021|title=IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols|journal=Mineralogical Magazine|volume=85|issue=3|pages=291–320|doi=10.1180/mgm.2021.43|bibcode=2021MinM...85..291W|s2cid=235729616|doi-access=free}}</ref> | molweight = | strunz = 9.DB.05 | dana = | system = Orthorhombic | class = Dipyramidal (mmm) <br/>H-M symbol: (2/m 2/m 2/m) | symmetry = ''Ccca'' | unit cell = a = 13.83, b = 20.31, <br/>c = 5.13&nbsp;[Å]; Z&nbsp;=&nbsp;8 | color = Yellow | colour = | habit = Prismatic, acicular to fibrous clusters | twinning = On {100} | cleavage = Perfect on {010} | fracture = | tenacity = Brittle | mohs = 5.5-6 | luster = Silky | streak = | diaphaneity = Translucent | gravity = 2.935-3.031 | density = | polish = | opticalprop = Biaxial (-) | refractive = n<sub>α</sub> = 1.610 n<sub>β</sub> = 1.628 <br>n<sub>γ</sub> = 1.630 | birefringence = δ = 0.020 | pleochroism = Distinct; X = Y = pale yellow; <br>Z = colorless | 2V = | dispersion = | extinction = | length fast/slow = | fluorescence = | absorption = | melt = | fusibility = | diagnostic = | solubility = | impurities = | alteration = | other = | prop1 = | prop1text = | references = <ref name=HBM>[http://rruff.info/doclib/hom/carpholite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy]</ref><ref name=Mindat>[http://www.mindat.org/min-909.html Carpholite on Mindat.org]</ref><ref name=Webmin>[http://www.webmineral.com/data/Carpholite.shtml Carpholite on Webmineral]</ref> }} '''Carpholite''' is a manganese silicate mineral with formula Mn<sup>2+</sup>Al<sub>2</sub>Si<sub>2</sub>O<sub>6</sub>(OH)<sub>4</sub>. It occurs as yellow clusters of slender prisms or needles. It crystallizes in the orthorhombic system.

The carpholite group includes ferrocarpholite, magnesiocarpholite, vanadiocarpholite, and potassiccarpholite.

==Discovery and occurrence== It was first described in 1817 for an occurrence in Horní Slavkov (Schlaggenwald), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia. The name derives from Greek ''karfos'' for "straw" and ''lithos'' for "stone" due to its crystal habit.<ref name=Webmin/>

Its typical occurrence is in shales that have undergone low grade metamorphism. Associated minerals include sudoite, manganoan garnet, chloritoid and fluorite.<ref name=HBM/>

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Category:Inosilicates Category:Orthorhombic minerals Category:Minerals in space group 68

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