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Muscovite
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| Muscovite
 Doce Valey, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Item-No.: MIN5431
Price: 55.00 EUR
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| Muscovite
Doce Valey, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Item-No.: MIN5439
Price: 45.00 EUR
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| Muscovite
Doce Valey, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Item-No.: MIN5779
Price: 48.00 EUR
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| Muscovite
Doce Valey, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Item-No.: MIN5815
Price: 55.00 EUR
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| Synonyms: |
Ammochrysos, Amphilogite, Antonite, Didymite, Muscovy Glass, Muscowitow, Oncosine |
| Classification: |
Silcates, Phyllosilicates |
| Chemical formula: |
KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH,F)2 |
| Crystal system: |
Monoclinic |
| Density (g/cm3): |
2,77 - 2,88 measured, 2,83 calculated |
| Tenacity: |
Elastic |
| Cleavage: |
Perfect on {001} |
| Fracture: |
Micaceous |
| Hardness (Mohs): |
2,5 - 3 |
| Colour: |
White to colorless, silvery-white, tinged various colors by impurities |
| Lustre: |
Vitreous, Silky, Pearly |
| Streak: |
White |
| Type locality: |
Llandybie (Llandebie), Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK & Maquoketa Shale, Gilead, Calhoun Co., Illinois, USA |
| Application: |
Isolation in electrotechnology |
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