A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Muscovite with quartz |
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| Description | Muscovite, KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH,F)2, is a common rock forming mineral and is found in igneous, metamorphic and detrital sedimentary rocks. Muscovite has a layered structure of aluminum silicate sheets weakly bonded together by layers of potassium ions. Sheets of muscovite have a high heat and electrical insulating properties. Its name comes from Muscovy glass, alluding to the Russian province of Muscovy. |
| Location | USA ▹ South Dakota. Near Black Hills. |
| Photographer | Shannon Heinle. 2002-02-10. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #1465. |
| Key words | muscovite, silicate, insulation |
| Tech details | 380 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 2339 |
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