Mineralogy Database

Minerals found in the sample

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

Description

Description: plate-shaped crystals (1 cm)

Information: Rousseaux, J.M., 1972. Aspects Cristallochimiques et Cristallographiques de l'Aptitude à la Vermiculitisation des Micas Trioctaédriques. Thèse de Docteur en Sciences Appliqués, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgique, 88 pp.

Origin

Country: Canada
Region: Arctic
Locality: Cold Harbour

Specification

Donors: Royal Ontario Museum

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Quantity: 1

Size: 3

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° 12179