A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Sericite with apaptite |
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| Description | Sericite is a fine grained variety of muscovite. Muscovite is a common rock forming mineral and is found in igneous, metamorphic and detrital sedimentary rocks. It has the chemical formula KAl2(AlSi3O10)(F,OH)2. |
| Location | Austria. Near Carynthia. |
| Photographer | Shannon Heinle. 2002-02-10. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #1466. |
| Key words | sericite, muscovite, silicate |
| Tech details | 541 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 2337 |
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