muscovite: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	common mica • potash mica

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Two mica mineral samples on a blue background: a light, silvery muscovite specimen at the top and a darker, shiny biotite specimen below.

Bowen's reaction series

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sericite paragonite isinglass white mica

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