A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Phlogopite |
|---|---|
| Description | Phlogopite, KMg3(Si3Al)O10(F,OH)2 (potassium magnesium aluminum silicate hydroxide) is a rarer member of the mica group and is not well known even by mineral collectors. It is mined mainly for its uses as a heat and electrical insulator. Phlogopite is iron poor and biotite rich. Its name comes from the Greek flogopos, meaning “resembling fire”. |
| Location | USA ▹ Maine. Near Auburn. |
| Photographer | Shannon Heinle. 2002-02-10. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #1463. |
| Key words | phlogopite, mica, silicate, insulator |
| Tech details | 453 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 2338 |
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