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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. muscovite Bowen's reaction series
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Basalt sample returned by Apollo 15, from near a long sinous lunar valley called Hadley Rille. Measured at 3.3 years old.
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Muscovite
Muscovite (top) and biotite (bottom) are two varieties of the silicate mineral mica.
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Muscovite.
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Bowen's reaction series
Figure 5: Bowen's reaction series showing the sequence of minerals that would be...
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