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Muscovite mica has perfect cleavage in one direction. It splits into thin sheets.
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What is muscovite mica's dominant type of breakage?
Muscovite mica is primarily broken by fracturing.
What kind of rock is fuchsite?
Fuchsite is a mineral, not a rock. It is a type of muscovite (mica). It is green because it is chromium-rich. trivalent Cr replaces Al. Fuchsite can form either by hydrothermal alteration or alteration due to reduced conditions in sedimentary rocks.
What type of breakage is more common cleavage of fractrue?
cleavage
Would mica be consider a rock?
Mica is not a type of foliated rock but is in fact the name for a subdivision of a group of minerals known as Phyllosilicates. They form as parallel sheets of silicate tetrahedra resulting in thin sheet like crystals. Foliations are planer alignments of crystals within metamorphic and igneous rocks and foliated rocks may contain micaceous minerals. See the related link for a picture of a Quartz-Mica Schist seen in thin section and viewed through a petrographic microscope with the polarising filters crossed. In the example picture the white, grey and black amorphous blobs are quartz crystals and the long, thin, brightly coloured (predominantly blue and yellow) crystals are muscovite mica.
What type of rock is extremely flaky and breaks easily?
mica
What is muscovite mica's dominant type of breakage?
Muscovite mica is primarily broken by fracturing.
What is the mica mineral symbol?
Muscovite (clear) and Biotite (black) are the commonest mica forms. Fuchsite (green) is an unusual mica containing chromium. Please see the related link below for a listing of the mica group of minerals.
What is the dominant type of breakage for sulfur?
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What are the delicate bright silver flakes in a granite specimen?
The delicate bright silver flakes in a granite specimen are most likely mica minerals. Mica is a common mineral found in granite that has a shiny, reflective quality and can appear silver. Mica flakes in granite give the rock a bit of sparkle and can add to its overall aesthetic appeal.
What everday things are minerals?
In Russia they made windows out of a type of mineral called Muscovite.
What type of crystal habit does muscovite display?
Muscovite generally displays a micaceous crystal habit, of thin flexible sheets.
What kind of rock is fuchsite?
Fuchsite is a mineral, not a rock. It is a type of muscovite (mica). It is green because it is chromium-rich. trivalent Cr replaces Al. Fuchsite can form either by hydrothermal alteration or alteration due to reduced conditions in sedimentary rocks.
Is Mica a solid liquid or gas?
Mica is a solid
What type of rock is flaky and breaks easily?
mica
What type of breakage pattern does an emerald have?
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What type of breakage is more common cleavage of fractrue?
cleavage
What type of breakage is more common clevage or fracture?
frature
