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Des Cloizeaux, A.L.O.L. (1876). Über den humit; nur der I. Typus ist rhombisch, die beiden andern sind monoklin, doch mit verschiedenen grundformen. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Palaontologie, pp. 640-645 (in German).
Ferraris, G., Prencipe, M., Sokolova, E.V., Gekimyants, V.M. & Spiridonov, E.M. (2000). Hydroxylclinohumite, a new member of the humite group: Twinning, crystal structure and crystal chemistry of the clinohumite subgroup. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, Vol. 215, Issue 3 (March), pp. 169-173. abstract
Fritz, E.A., Breeding, C.M., Rossman, G.R., Laurs, B.M., Simmons, W.H. & Falster, A.U. (2007). Gem News International: Yellow-green clinohumite and yellow chondrodite from Tanzania. Gems & Gemology, Vol. 43, No. 4 (Winter), pp. 377-379.
Frost, R.L., Palmer, S.J., Bouzaid, J.M. & Reddy, B.J. (2007). A Raman spectroscopic study of humite minerals. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, Vol. 38, Issue 1 (January), pp. 68-77. abstract
Fryer, C.W. (1986). Gem Trade Lab Notes: Faceted Clinohumite. Gems & Gemology, Vol. 22, No. 4 (Winter), p. 236.
Galuskin, E.V., Lazic, B., Armbruster, T., Galuskina, I.O., Pertsev, N.N., Gazeev, V.M., Włodyka, R., Dulski, M., Dzierżanowski, P., Zadov, A.E. & Dubrovinsky, L.S. (2012). Edgrewite Ca9(SiO4)4F2-hydroxyledgrewite Ca9(SiO4)4(OH)2, a new series of calcium humite-group minerals from altered xenoliths in the ignimbrite of Upper Chegem caldera, Northern Caucasus, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia. American Mineralogist, Vol. 97, pp. 1998–2006. American Mineralogist Tables of Contents
Gekimyants, V.M., Sokolova, E.V., Spiridonov, E.M., Ferraris, G., Chukanov, N.V., Prencipe, M., Avdonin, V.N. & Polenov, Yu.A. (1999). Hydroxylclinohumite Mg9(SiO4)4(OH,F)2 - a new mineral of the humite group. Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, Vol. 128, No. 5, pp. 64-70.
Heuland, H. & Lévy, A. (1837). Cinquième Espece. Humite. In: Description d'une collection de Minéraux, Vol. 2, pp. 281-282. Adolphe Richter et Compagnie, London, U.K.
Hurwit, K.N. (1988). Gem Trade Lab Notes: Clinohumite. Gems & Gemology, Vol. 24, No. 1 (Spring), pp. 47-48.
Langer, K., Platonov, A.N., Matsyuk, S.S. & Wildner, M. (2002). The crystal chemistry of the humite minerals Fe2+ - Ti4+ charge transfer and structural allocation of Ti4+ in chondrodite and clinohumite. European Journal of Mineralogy, Vol. 14, No. 6 (December), pp. 1027-1032. abstract
Laurs, B.M. & Quinn, E. (2004). Gem News International: Clinohumite from the Pamir Mountains, Tajikistan. Gems & Gemology, Vol. 40, No. 4 (Winter), pp. 337-338.
Lin, C.C., Liu, L.G., Mernagh, T.P. & Irifune, T. (2000). Raman spectroscopic study of hydroxyl-clinohumite at various pressures and temperatures. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, Vol. 27, Issue 5, pp. 320-331. abstract
Pekov, I.V., Gerasimova, E.I., Chukanov, N.V., Kabalov, Yu.K., Zubkova, N.V., Zadov, A.E., Yapaskurt, V.O., Gekimyants, V.M. & Pushcharovskii, D.Yu. (2011). Hydroxylchondrodite Mg5(SiO4)2(OH)2: A new mineral of the humite group and its crystal structure. Doklady Akademii Nauk, Vol. 436, No. 4, pp. 526–532. A translation is found in: Doklady Earth Sciences, Volume 436, Issue 2 (Februari), pp. 230–236. references
Ribbe, P.H. & Gibbs, G.V. (1971). Crystal structures of the humite minerals: III. Mg/Fe ordering in humite and its relation to other ferromagnesian silicates. American Mineralogist, Vol. 56, pp. 1155-1173. American Mineralogist Tables of Contents
Robinson, K., Gibbs, G.V. & Ribbe, P.H. (1973). The crystal structures of the humite minerals. IV. Clinohumite and titanoclinohumite. American Mineralogist, Vol. 58, pp. 43-49. American Mineralogist Tables of Contents
Soe Moe, K. & Win, W. (2011). Lab Notes: Unusually large clinohumite. Gems & Gemology, Vol. 47, No. 3 (Fall), pp. 222-223.
Vukanov, V.V., Platonov, A.N., Taran, M.N. & Polshin, E.V. (1977). Colour of clinohumite, a new gem stone. Constitution and Properties of Minerals, Vol. 11, pp. 36-41 (in Russian).