Mineralogy Database

Minerals found in the sample

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

Description

Description: thick plate

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., Meyers, J., Vielvoye, L. & Stone, W.E.E., 1978. The location and content of iron in natural biotites and phlogopites : a comparison of several methods. Clay Minerals 13, 45-52. // 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. // Manceau, A., Bonnin, D., Stone, W.E.E. & Sanz J., 1990. Distribution of Fe in the octahedral sheet of trioctahedral micas by polarized EXAFS. Comparison with NMR results. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 17, 363-370. (sample P-2)

Origin

Country: Canada
Region: Quebec
Locality: Thorne, Wilson Mine

Specification

Donors: National Museum of Natural Sciences, Ottawa

Donation year: 1969
Sampling year:

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Size:

Dimension code 1>2>3: 2

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

Paratype: no

Radioactive: no
Thin section: no

Chemical analysis: no

X-Ray spectra: no

Sample n° 12025