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sheets face inwards and are shared by the octahedral sheet, binding the sheets firmly together. The relatively strong binding between oxygen anions and aluminium and silicon cations within a layer, compared with the weaker binding of potassium cations between layers, gives muscovite its perfect basal
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Up to 10% of the potassium may be replaced by sodium, and up to 20% of the hydroxide by fluorine. Chlorine rarely replaces more than 1% of the hydroxide. Muscovite in which the mole fraction of silicon is greater than aluminium, and magnesium or iron replaces some of the aluminium to maintain charge
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Muscovite can be cleaved into very thin transparent sheets that can substitute for glass, particularly for high-temperature applications such as industrial furnace or oven windows. It is also used in the manufacture of a wide variety of electronics and as a
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can substitute for hydroxide; and the ratio of aluminium to silicon in the tetrahedral sheets can change to maintain charge balance where necessary (as when magnesium cations, with a charge of +2, substitute for aluminium ions, with a charge of +3).
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can be difficult to distinguish from muscovite but is much less common, though it is likely mistaken for muscovite often enough that it may be more common that is generally appreciated. Muscovite mica from Brazil is red due to manganese(3+).
739:-oxygen tetrahedra, with three of the oxygen anions of each tetrahedron shared with neighboring tetrahedra to form a hexagonal sheet. The fourth oxygen anion in each tetrahedral sheet is called an
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Small specimen of
Muscovite (fuchsite) from Brazil.
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959:(var. morganite) from Paprok, Afghanistan
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766:polytype of the general mica structure.
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1271:"The largest crystals"
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2253:Bannisterite
2207:Pyrosmalites
2096:Borocookeite
2091:Baileychlore
2073:Yakhontovite
2068:Volkonskoite
2058:Swinefordite
1975:Hydrobiotite
1892:Cronstedtite
1801:Pyrophyllite
1787:Pyrophyllite
1767:Minnesotaite
1704:Preiswerkite
1658:
1649:Masutomilite
1614:Hendricksite
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389:fluorescence
180:
140:71.02.02a.01
63:Minas Gerais
36:
2235:Schallerite
2230:Pyrosmalite
2187:Falcondoite
2159:Chrysocolla
2106:Clinochlore
2063:Vermiculite
2019:vermiculite
1980:Karpinskite
1947:Corrensites
1922:Manandonite
1907:Guidottiite
1897:Fraipontite
1882:Caryopilite
1877:Brindleyite
1872:Berthierine
1854:Serpentines
1834:Hisingerite
1777:Willemseite
1739:Voloshinite
1609:Gorbunovite
1579:Fluorannite
1544:Chernykhite
1514:Balestraite
1389:15 December
656:, in 1568.
562:, found in
533:anisotropic
425:mineral of
419:potash mica
411:common mica
386:Ultraviolet
366:Pleochroism
324:Biaxial (−)
302:Diaphaneity
176:Space group
2339:Mica group
2313:Categories
2215:Friedelite
2179:Sepiolites
2146:Allophanes
2131:Pennantite
2116:Donbassite
2043:Nontronite
2028:Beidellite
1965:Corrensite
1902:Greenalite
1887:Chrysotile
1867:Antigorite
1829:Halloysite
1811:Kaolinites
1724:Tainiolite
1709:Roscoelite
1694:Phlogopite
1684:Paragonite
1669:Norrishite
1664:Nanpingite
1654:Montdorite
1629:Lepidolite
1604:Glauconite
1554:Clintonite
1539:Celadonite
1534:Bramallite
1509:Aspidolite
1419:Nesse 2000
1407:Nesse 2000
1359:2023-03-01
1296:Petrology,
1284:: 885–907.
1152:References
759:cleavage.
690:Paragonite
568:pegmatites
553:mariposite
541:monoclinic
398:References
376:Dispersion
267:Mohs scale
167:H-M symbol
151:Monoclinic
116:IMA symbol
2329:Gemstones
2220:Mcgillite
2197:Sepiolite
2169:Neotocite
2164:Imogolite
2154:Allophane
2121:Gonyerite
2101:Chamosite
2083:Chlorites
2053:Sauconite
2015:Smectites
2000:Saliotite
1995:Rectorite
1955:Aliettite
1937:Pecoraite
1917:Lizardite
1839:Kaolinite
1719:Suhailite
1659:Muscovite
1644:Margarite
1559:Eastonite
1441:Muscovite
1201:235729616
936:cosmetics
920:wallpaper
916:wallboard
856:magnesium
752:hydroxide
737:aluminium
719:potassium
701:Like all
608:lubricant
431:potassium
427:aluminium
415:isinglass
407:Muscovite
251:Micaceous
188:Unit cell
42:Muscovite
18:Moscovite
2225:Nelenite
2111:Cookeite
2048:Saponite
2005:Tosudite
1985:Kulkeite
1927:Népouite
1912:Kellyite
1744:Wonesite
1689:Phengite
1674:Orlovite
1564:Ephesite
1499:Anandite
893:phengite
884:chlorine
880:fluorine
876:vanadium
872:titanium
868:chromium
848:rubidium
842:such as
682:chlorite
592:feldspar
572:gneisses
564:granites
549:fuchsite
545:chromium
270:hardness
257:Tenacity
247:Fracture
237:Cleavage
227:Twinning
76:Category
61:valley,
2364:Windows
2136:Sudoite
1970:Dozyite
1932:Odinite
1862:Amesite
1844:Nacrite
1824:Dickite
1599:Garmite
1524:Biotite
1519:Bityite
1179:Bibcode
942:Gallery
864:lithium
852:caesium
722:cations
686:biotite
648:Russian
640:England
632:Muscovy
596:kyanite
584:mineral
576:schists
514:Nellore
510:elastic
261:Elastic
130:9.EC.15
107:)(F,OH)
87:Formula
71:General
2354:Potash
2126:Nimite
2021:family
1789:series
1619:Illite
1504:Annite
1332:
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1199:
912:filler
850:, and
844:sodium
741:apical
676:, and
628:Russia
614:Naming
574:, and
462:, or (
316:2.76–3
292:Streak
282:Luster
165:(same
55:albite
1759:Talcs
1486:Micas
1274:(PDF)
1197:S2CID
957:beryl
930:, in
874:, or
833:)(OH)
825:(AlSi
711:TOT-c
636:glass
588:topaz
518:India
417:, or
296:White
208:Color
99:(AlSi
57:from
2017:and
1772:Talc
1391:2021
1330:ISBN
1300:ISBN
924:tire
899:Uses
860:iron
735:and
703:mica
678:talc
651:tsar
560:mica
429:and
393:None
181:C2/c
59:Doce
1187:doi
882:or
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728:).
715:TOT
487:SiO
437:(Al
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