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Muscovite is a silicate mineral.
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What is the silicate structure of Muscovite?
aluminum and potassium
What is the cleavage of muscovite?
Muscovite has perfect basal cleavage, or book cleavage.
What is muscovite used for?
Muscovite is used in both heat and electrical insulation applications.
What is muscovite mica's dominant type of breakage?
Muscovite mica is primarily broken by fracturing.
Can Muscovite scratch glass?
No
Is muscovite a silicate mineral?
Muscovite is a sheet silicate
What is a synonym for muscovite?
Potassium aluminum silicate hydroxide fluoride.
What are the kinds of silicate minerals?
Quartz, Feldspar, Muscovite, Biotite are among most common silicate minerals.
What mineral has one perfect cleavage muscovite and biotite?
Mica or silicate
What is the silicate structure of Muscovite?
aluminum and potassium
What are the soft silicate flakes found in many rocks?
They are most likely muscovite or biotite mica.
What group is mica in?
Mica is a group of sheet silicate minerals (e.x of micas : Biotite, muscovite)
What physical properties distinguish biotite from muscovite?
Both are platy, silicate, mica group minerals with perfect cleavage in one direction.
What type of minerals are biotite and muscovite?
Generally referred to as micaceous minerals, biotite and muscovite are silicate minerals having perfect basal cleavage. They both contain most of the same elements, just in different quantities. However, biotite is soluble in sulfuric acid and has iron and magnesium in it, where muscovite does not. They can be found in all types of rock.
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 a slogan or phrase for muscovite?
All that glitters is not muscovite.
What is the definition of a Muscovite?
A Muscovite is a person who lives in Moscow, Russia.
