Mineralogy Database

Minerals found in the sample

Mineral	Formula	Category	Subcategory	Importance
PHLOGOPITE	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	phyllosilicates	mica	major

Description

Description: plate-shaped crystal (8 cm)

Information: Rousseaux, J.M., Gomez Laverde, C., Nathan, Y. & Rouxhet, P.G., 1972. Correlation between stretching bands and the chemical composition of trioctahedral micas. In Serratosa, J.M. (ed.), Proceedings of the International Clay Conference, Madrid. CSIC, Madrid, pp. 89-98. // Rousseaux, J.M., Rouxhet, P.G., Vielvoye, L.A. & Herbillon, A.J., 1973. The vermiculitization of trioctahedral micas. I. The K level and its correlation with chemical composition. Clay Minerals 10, 1-16. // Sanz, J. & Stone, W.E.E., 1976. Ordre-désordre dans la distribution des ions hydroxyles et fluor des micas trioctaédriques par résonance magnétique nucléaire. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences 282, Série B, 282, 361-364. // Sanz, J. & Stone, W.E.E., 1979. NMR applied to minerals. II. Distribution of Fe2+, F-, and OH- in the octahedral sheet of phlogopites. American Mineralogist 64, 116-126. // Sanz, J. & Stone, W.E.E., 1983. NMR applied to minerals. IV. Local order in the octahedral sheet of micas : Fe-F avoidance. Clay Minerals 18, 187-192. (sample P-4)

Origin

Country: Canada
Region: Quebec
Locality: Denholm

Specification

Donors: National Museum of Natural Sciences, Ottawa

Donation year: 1969
Sampling year:

Registration date:
Quantity: 1

Size: 2

Dimension code 1>2>3: 3

Quality code 1>2>3: 1
Holotype: no

Paratype: no

Radioactive: no
Thin section: no

Chemical analysis: no

X-Ray spectra: no

Sample n° 12019