Muscovite
Properties
| Formula | KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 |
| Abbreviation | Ms |
| Classifications | Mica, Minerals containing OH |
| Members | Illite, Sericite, Muscovite-2M1, Muscovite-1M, Mg, Muscovite-2M1, Cr, Muscovite-1M |
| Luminescence emitters | AlO4 hole centre, Fe, Mn, M[n]OH, Pb, Si-O, SiO4 hole centre, Tl, Unspecified |
| Spectra | Luminescence (1), Reflectance (4) |
| IMA Status | Approved (IMA 1998 s.p.) |
| Search other databases | webmineral.com, mindat.org, rruf.info, fluomin.org, mineralienatlas.de, Handbook of Mineralogy, American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database |
| Tags | Hydroxide , Mineral, Aluminosilicate |
Composition
| Element | Atoms |
|---|---|
| K | 1 |
| O | 12 |
| Si | 3 |
| Al | 3 |
| H | 2 |
| Total: | 21 |
References
|
Lines | Spectra | Images | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgington & Blair 1970 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kuznetsov and Tarashchan 1988 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Laukamp et al. 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pejcic et al. 2021 (EP2021-1148) | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Torpy et al. 2020, luminescence | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Torpy et al. 2020, luminescence, other | 0 | 2 | 0 |