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Muscovite Var Fuchsite

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Muscovite Var Fuchsite

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Description
Locality: 
Njuvcut, Karasjok, Troms og Finnmark, Norway
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 6.5 × 3.1 cm
Description

A rich specimen of fuchsite with numerous nice intense green crystals scattered throughout the specimen. It exhibits a schistose structure with fuchsite rich layers alternating with layers of feldspar.

The specimen was sampled from one of several old trenches at Mount Nujvcut where a banded iron formation is exposed, located not very far from Karasjok in Norwegian Lapland.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Muscovite

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

Fuchsite

Variety Of: 

Muscovite

Formula: 
KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.15
Hardness: 
2.5
Formula: 
K(Al,Cr)3Si3O10(OH)2
Hardness: 
0.0

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