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Sericite Psm Muscovite & Quartz

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Sericite Psm Muscovite & Quartz

Pseudomorph

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Description
Locality: 
Kimmeria, Xanthi, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 8 × 4 cm
Description

Well formed cogwheel shaped columnar crystals of sericite pseudomorphs after muscovite on quartz microcrystals matrix surface. A top specimen of this type of pseudomorph in Greece, known only from a small find at Kimmeria. Aesthetic specimen and a nice addition to a pseudomorphs collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sericite

Variety Of: 

Muscovite

Formula: 
KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.15
Hardness: 
2.5
Hardness: 
0.0

Muscovite

Formula: 
KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.15
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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