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Also Known As	black mica

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Bowen's reaction series

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mica phlogopite chloritoid paragonite lepidolite brittle mica white mica isinglass

Basalt sample returned by Apollo 15, from near a long sinous lunar valley called Hadley Rille. Measured at 3.3 years old.

(Bed) Rocks and (Flint) Stones