Mica

Image

Muscovite specimen from Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil. Size: 6 x 5.3 x 3.9 cm

© 2010 Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com, CC-BY-SA-3.0

Properties

Formula AZ2-3(X, Si)4O10(O, F, OH)2
Abbreviation Mca
Members White mica, Margarite, Dark mica, Muscovite, Paragonite, Tainiolite, Zinnwaldite, Lepidolite, Polylithionite, Muscovite-Paragonite (series), Biotite, Celadonite
Luminescence emitter OH
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Tags Hydroxide , Silicate, Group

Composition

Rb, S, ☐, H, Mg, Ca, Mn, Fe, Si, O, F, Cl, Na, K, Al, V, Li, Ti, Cr, Zn, Cs, N, Ba, Be, B

Reference

Reference Lines Spectra Images
Laukamp et al. 2021 1 0 0