Phlogopite [ KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 ]
Material properties
| Formulas | K(Mg,FeII)3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2, KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Abbreviation | Phl |
| IMA Status | Grandfathered (pre-IMA), 1841 |
| Crystal symmetry | Monoclinic |
| Classifications | Biotite, Minerals containing OH |
| Members | Phlogopite-1M, Phlogopite-2M1 |
| Variant | Fe |
| Luminescence emitters | Mn, TiO6, Unspecified |
| Reflectance lines | OH, Si-O |
| Spectra | Reflectance (3) |
| Search other databases | webmineral.com, mindat.org, rruf.info, fluomin.org, mineralienatlas.de, Handbook of Mineralogy, American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database |
| Tags | Aluminosilicate, Hydroxide, Mineral |
Composition
| Element | Atoms |
|---|---|
| K | 1 |
| O | 12 |
| Al | 1 |
| Si | 3 |
| H | 2 |
| Mg | 3 |
| Total: | 22 |
References for Phlogopite
|
Lines | Spectra | Images | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gorobets and Rogojine 2002 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hamblen 2003 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Laukamp et al. 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pejcic et al. 2021 (EP2021-1148) | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Ryskin 1974 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Specimens of Phlogopite
| Name | Owner | Materials | Phase purity | Image | Spectra | Techniques |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MES084 Ferrosilite | CSIRO | Enstatite (var. Fe), Fayalite (var. Mg), Ilmenite, Labradorite, Phlogopite (var. Fe) (4.0%), Quartz | 4.0 | 0 | — | |
| M1591 Phlogopite | CSIRO | Phlogopite (2.7%), Phlogopite (var. Fe) (2.7%), Phlogopite-2M1, Quartz | 2.7 | 1 | Reflectance | |
| M1589 Phlogopite | CSIRO | Phlogopite | — | 0 | — | |
| M1594 Phlogopite | CSIRO | Phlogopite | — | 0 | — | |
| MES004 Phlogopite | NVCL, AuScope Limited | Phlogopite, Phlogopite-1M | — | 1 | Reflectance | |
| MES014 Phlogopite | NVCL, AuScope Limited | Augite, Muscovite-1M, Phlogopite, Phlogopite-2M1 | — | 1 | Reflectance | |
| Phlogopite (#1, West Pierrepont, NY) | Hamblen, Prof James O., Georgia Tech | Diopside, Phlogopite | — | 0 | — | |
| Phlogopite (#2, Pakistan) | Hamblen, Prof James O., Georgia Tech | Phlogopite | — | 0 | — |
