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Muscovite

Zé Pinto prospect, Aldeia, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Muscovite

Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Vanadium-bearing Muscovite

Graphite quarry, Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

Muscovite

Zé Pinto prospect, Aldeia, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Muscovite

Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Vanadium-bearing Muscovite

Graphite quarry, Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

Muscovite

Zé Pinto prospect, Aldeia, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Muscovite

Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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Synonym of:

Muscovite, Selenite

German for "Lady's glass." Selenite was used as a cheaper version of "glass bells" to protect icons carved from wood or stone, usually icons of Our Lady/Madonna.
Frauenglas is also a synonym of muscovite.

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31640

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ID	Species	Reference	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0000854	Muscovite	Richardson S M, Richardson J W (1982) Crystal structure of a pink muscovite from Archer's Post, Kenya: Implications for reverse pleochroism in dioctahedral micas American Mineralogist 67 69-75	1982		0	293
0001076	Muscovite	Guggenheim S, Chang Y H, Koster van Groos A F (1987) Muscovite dehydroxylation: High-temperature studies American Mineralogist 72 537-550	1987		0	293
0001077	Muscovite	Guggenheim S, Chang Y H, Koster van Groos A F (1987) Muscovite dehydroxylation: High-temperature studies American Mineralogist 72 537-550	1987		0	293
0001078	Muscovite	Guggenheim S, Chang Y H, Koster van Groos A F (1987) Muscovite dehydroxylation: High-temperature studies American Mineralogist 72 537-550	1987		0	293
0001079	Muscovite	Guggenheim S, Chang Y H, Koster van Groos A F (1987) Muscovite dehydroxylation: High-temperature studies American Mineralogist 72 537-550	1987		0	293
0001080	Muscovite	Guggenheim S, Chang Y H, Koster van Groos A F (1987) Muscovite dehydroxylation: High-temperature studies American Mineralogist 72 537-550	1987		0	293
0002013	Muscovite	Brigatti M F, Frigieri P, Poppi L (1998) Crystal chemistry of Mg-, Fe-bearing muscovites-2M1 Sample GA1 from a pegmatite on Maddalena Island, Italy American Mineralogist 83 775-785	1998		0	293
0002014	Muscovite	Brigatti M F, Frigieri P, Poppi L (1998) Crystal chemistry of Mg-, Fe-bearing muscovites-2M1 Sample RA1 from a pegmatite on Antarctica American Mineralogist 83 775-785	1998		0	293
0002015	Muscovite	Brigatti M F, Frigieri P, Poppi L (1998) Crystal chemistry of Mg-, Fe-bearing muscovites-2M1 Sample A4b from peraluminous granites at Sardinia, Italy American Mineralogist 83 775-785	1998		0	293
0002016	Muscovite	Brigatti M F, Frigieri P, Poppi L (1998) Crystal chemistry of Mg-, Fe-bearing muscovites-2M1 Sample GFS15Ab from peraluminous granites at Sardinia, Italy American Mineralogist 83 775-785	1998		0	293
0002017	Muscovite	Brigatti M F, Frigieri P, Poppi L (1998) Crystal chemistry of Mg-, Fe-bearing muscovites-2M1 Sample H87b from peraluminous granites at Sardinia, Italy American Mineralogist 83 775-785	1998		0	293
0002018	Muscovite	Brigatti M F, Frigieri P, Poppi L (1998) Crystal chemistry of Mg-, Fe-bearing muscovites-2M1 Sample CC1b from peraluminous granites at Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica American Mineralogist 83 775-785	1998		0	293
0002019	Muscovite	Brigatti M F, Frigieri P, Poppi L (1998) Crystal chemistry of Mg-, Fe-bearing muscovites-2M1 Sample C3-29b from peraluminous granites at Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica American Mineralogist 83 775-785	1998		0	293
0002020	Muscovite	Brigatti M F, Frigieri P, Poppi L (1998) Crystal chemistry of Mg-, Fe-bearing muscovites-2M1 Sample B1b from peraluminous granites at Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica American Mineralogist 83 775-785	1998		0	293
0002021	Muscovite	Brigatti M F, Frigieri P, Poppi L (1998) Crystal chemistry of Mg-, Fe-bearing muscovites-2M1 Sample C6Cb from peraluminous granites at Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica American Mineralogist 83 775-785	1998		0	293
0002022	Muscovite	Brigatti M F, Frigieri P, Poppi L (1998) Crystal chemistry of Mg-, Fe-bearing muscovites-2M1 Sample C6Bb from peraluminous granites at Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica American Mineralogist 83 775-785	1998		0	293
0002023	Muscovite	Brigatti M F, Frigieri P, Poppi L (1998) Crystal chemistry of Mg-, Fe-bearing muscovites-2M1 Sample C3-31b from peraluminous granites at Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica American Mineralogist 83 775-785	1998		0	293
0019256	Muscovite	Mesto E, Scordari F, Lacalamita M, Schingaro E (2012) Tobelite and NH4+ -rich muscovite single crystals from Ordovician Armorican sandstones (Brittany, France): Structure and crystal chemistry American Mineralogist 97 1460-1468	2012	Ordovician Armorican sandstones, Brittany, France	0	293
0005483	Muscovite	Liang J, Hawthorne F C (1996) Rietveld refinement of micaceous materials: muscovite-2M1, a comparison with single-crystal structure refinement The Canadian Mineralogist 34 115-122	1996		0	293
0005484	Muscovite	Liang J, Hawthorne F C (1996) Rietveld refinement of micaceous materials: muscovite-2M1, a comparison with single-crystal structure refinement The Canadian Mineralogist 34 115-122	1996		0	293
0005485	Muscovite	Liang J, Hawthorne F C (1996) Rietveld refinement of micaceous materials: muscovite-2M1, a comparison with single-crystal structure refinement The Canadian Mineralogist 34 115-122	1996		0	293
0005549	Muscovite	Liang J, Hawthorne F C, Swainson I P (1998) Triclinic muscovite: X-ray diffraction, neutron diffraction and photo-acoustic FTIR spectroscopy The Canadian Mineralogist 36 1017-1027	1998		0	293
0005550	Muscovite	Liang J, Hawthorne F C, Swainson I P (1998) Triclinic muscovite: X-ray diffraction, neutron diffraction and photo-acoustic FTIR spectroscopy The Canadian Mineralogist 36 1017-1027	1998		0	293
0005733	Muscovite	Brigatti M F, Kile D E, Poppi M (2001) Crystal structure and crystal chemistry of lithium-bearing muscovite-2M1 The Canadian Mineralogist 39 1171-1180	2001		0	293
0005734	Muscovite	Brigatti M F, Kile D E, Poppi M (2001) Crystal structure and crystal chemistry of lithium-bearing muscovite-2M1 The Canadian Mineralogist 39 1171-1180	2001		0	293
0005735	Muscovite	Brigatti M F, Kile D E, Poppi M (2001) Crystal structure and crystal chemistry of lithium-bearing muscovite-2M1 O4 B33 is missing a zero The Canadian Mineralogist 39 1171-1180	2001		0	293
0005736	Muscovite	Brigatti M F, Kile D E, Poppi M (2001) Crystal structure and crystal chemistry of lithium-bearing muscovite-2M1 The Canadian Mineralogist 39 1171-1180	2001		0	293
0005737	Muscovite	Brigatti M F, Kile D E, Poppi M (2001) Crystal structure and crystal chemistry of lithium-bearing muscovite-2M1 The Canadian Mineralogist 39 1171-1180	2001		0	293
0006358	Muscovite	Catti M, Ferraris G, Ivaldi G (1989) Thermal strain analysis in the crystal structure of muscovite at 700 C European Journal of Mineralogy 1 625-632	1989		0	298
0006359	Muscovite	Catti M, Ferraris G, Ivaldi G (1989) Thermal strain analysis in the crystal structure of muscovite at 700 C T= 700 C European Journal of Mineralogy 1 625-632	1989		0	293
0006533	Muscovite	Catti M, Ferraris G, Hull S, Pavese A (1994) Powder neutron diffraction study of 2M_1 muscovite at room pressure and at 2 GPa European Journal of Mineralogy 6 171-178	1994		0	293
0006534	Muscovite	Catti M, Ferraris G, Hull S, Pavese A (1994) Powder neutron diffraction study of 2M_1 muscovite at room pressure and at 2 GPa European Journal of Mineralogy 6 171-178	1994		2	293
0006546	Muscovite	Amisano-Canesi A, Chiari G, Ferraris G, Ivaldi G, Soboleva S V (1994) Muscovite- and phengite-3T: crystal structure and conditions of formation European Journal of Mineralogy 6 489-496	1994	Kazakhstan	0	293
0006547	Muscovite	Amisano-Canesi A, Chiari G, Ferraris G, Ivaldi G, Soboleva S V (1994) Muscovite- and phengite-3T: crystal structure and conditions of formation European Journal of Mineralogy 6 489-496	1994	Dora-Maira	0	293
0006858	Muscovite	Brigatti M F, Galli E, Medici L, Poppi L, Cibin G, Marcelli A, Mottana A (2001) Chromium-containing muscovite: crystal chemistry and XANES spectroscopy European Journal of Mineralogy 13 377-389	2001	Westland	0	293
0006859	Muscovite	Brigatti M F, Galli E, Medici L, Poppi L, Cibin G, Marcelli A, Mottana A (2001) Chromium-containing muscovite: crystal chemistry and XANES spectroscopy European Journal of Mineralogy 13 377-389	2001	Northwest Nelson - Campbell Creek	0	293
0006860	Muscovite	Brigatti M F, Galli E, Medici L, Poppi L, Cibin G, Marcelli A, Mottana A (2001) Chromium-containing muscovite: crystal chemistry and XANES spectroscopy European Journal of Mineralogy 13 377-389	2001	Northwest Nelson - Anatoki River	0	293
0007908	Muscovite	Comodi P, Zanazzi P F (1995) High-pressure structural study of muscovite Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 22 170-177	1995		0.05	293
0007909	Muscovite	Comodi P, Zanazzi P F (1995) High-pressure structural study of muscovite Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 22 170-177	1995		2.8	293
0007910	Muscovite	Comodi P, Zanazzi P F (1995) High-pressure structural study of muscovite Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 22 170-177	1995		0.0001	293
0007911	Muscovite	Comodi P, Zanazzi P F (1995) High-pressure structural study of muscovite Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 22 170-177	1995		2.7	293
0018220	Muscovite	Radoslovich E (1960) The Structure of Muscovite, K Al2 (Si3 Al) O10 (O H)2 _cod_database_code 1100012 Acta Crystallographica 13 919-932	1960		0	293
0018279	Muscovite	Gueven N, Burnham C (1966) The Crystal Structure of 3T Muscovite _cod_database_code 1101031 Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 65 290-293	1966		0	293
0010646	Muscovite	Guven N, Burnham C W (1967) The crystal structure of 3T muscovite Snohomish County, Washington, USA Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 125 163-183	1967	in granodiorite near Sunrise Copper Prospect, Sultan Basin,	0	293
0019601	Muscovite	Guven N (1971) The crystal structures of 2M1 phengite and 2M1 muscovite Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 134 196-212	1971	Tiburon Peninsula, California, USA	0	293
0019602	Muscovite	Guven N (1971) The crystal structures of 2M1 phengite and 2M1 muscovite Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 134 196-212	1971	pegmatite in Georgia, USA	0	293
0018221	Muscovite	Guven N, Burnham C (1966) The crystal structure of 3T muscovite _cod_database_code 1100014 Carnegie Institution of Washington: Yearbook 65 290-293	1966	Sunrise copper prospect, Snohomish Co, Washington, USA	0	293
0012228	Muscovite	Tomita K, Shiraki K, Kawano M (1998) Crystal structure of dehydroxylated 2M1 sericite and its relationship with mixed-layer mica/smectite Clay Science 10 423-441	1998	Goto mine, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan	0	293
0012229	Muscovite	Tomita K, Shiraki K, Kawano M (1998) Crystal structure of dehydroxylated 2M1 sericite and its relationship with mixed-layer mica/smectite Clay Science 10 423-441	1998		0	293
0019604	Muscovite	Rule A C, Bailey S W (1985) Refinement of the crystal structure of phengite-2M1 Clays and Clay Minerals 33 403-409	1985	Rio de Oro, Spanish Sahara	0	293
0019597	Muscovite	Knurr R A, Bailey S W (1986) Refinement of Mn-substituted muscovite and phlogopite Clays and Clay Minerals 34 7-16	1986	Minas Gerais, Brazil	0	293
0012259	Muscovite	Gatineau L (1963) Localisation des remplacements isomorphiques dans la muscovite _cod_database_code 1000042 Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances de l'Academie des Sciences 256 4648-4649	1963		0	293
0018219	Muscovite	Birle J, Tettenhorst R (1968) Refined Muscovite structure _cod_database_code 1100010 Mineralogical Magazine 36 883-886	1968		0	293
0014475	Muscovite	Martin-Ramos JD, Rodriguez-Gallego M (1982) Chromian mica from Sierra Nevada, Spain Mineralogical Magazine 46 269-272	1982	Sierra Nevada, Spain	0	293
0014740	Muscovite	Rothbauer R (1971) Untersuchung eines 2M1-muskovits mit neutronenstrahlen Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Monatshefte 1971 143-154	1971	Diamond mine, Black Hills, South Dakota, USA	0	293

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 Crystal structure of a pink muscovite from Archer's Post, Kenya: Implications
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Canada
Québec Abitibi-Témiscamingue La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM Réservoir-Dozois ⓘ Cabonga Reservoir	[Muscovite] Olivier Langelier Collection

Italy
Tuscany Pisa Province Castellina Marittima Marmolaio Valley Pomaia ⓘ Serra Antica alabaster quarries	[Gypsum var: Selenite] G. Carobbi, F. Rodolico (1976): I Minerali della Toscana - Acc. Tosc. Sc. e Lett. "La Colombaria", Leo Olschki Ed. Firenze, pp. 278

Peru
Ancash Pallasca Province Pampas District ⓘ Pasto Bueno	[Muscovite] Mineralogical Record 28, No. 4 (1997); collections of Rock Currier, Jack Crowley, Jaroslav Hyrsl and Alfredo Petrov.

Switzerland
Valais Martigny Mont Chemin mining district ⓘ Martigny road tunnel	[Muscovite]

UK
England Isle of Wight Shalfleet Hamstead ⓘ Hamstead beach	[Gypsum var: Selenite] Self collected. Bill Gordon collection.

USA
Arizona Mohave County Virgin Mountains Virgin Peak (Bunkerville Mountain) Hummingbird claims ⓘ Chad Mountain Pegmatite	[Muscovite] Solomon Feinstein Collection. Olson, J. C., Hinrichs, E.N. (1960) Beryl-bearing Pegmatites in the Ruby Mountains and Other Areas in Nevada and Northwestern Arizona. Contributions to Economic Geology, United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey Bulletin 1082-D, 200 pages.
California ⓘ Mariposa Co.	[Phengite var: Mariposite] Bowen, O.E., Jr. & C.H. Gray, Jr. (1957), Mines and mineral deposits of Mariposa County, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology: 53(1&2): 34-343; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 425.
San Luis Obispo Co. Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range) San Simeon ⓘ Beach cliffs	[Muscovite] Ron Layton collection
Connecticut Fairfield County Redding (Reading) Branchville ⓘ Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine)	[Muscovite] Cameron, Eugene N.; Larrabee, David M.; McNair, Andrew H.; Page, James T.; Stewart, Glenn W.; and Shainin, Vincent E. (1954) Pegmatite Investigations 1942-45 New England. USGS Professional Paper 255.; Shainin (1946); Rocks & Minerals (1995) 70:396-409
Hartford County Glastonbury South Glastonbury ⓘ Simpson Quarry (Wiarda Quarry)	[Muscovite] Rocks & Min 74:121 (1999); Rocks and Minerals (1999) 74:110-121
Middlesex County East Hampton (Chatham) ⓘ Nathan Hall Quarry (Clark Hill Quarry)	[Muscovite] LMSCC Newsletter, Sept. 2005 Harold Moritz collection, 1991-2009
Haddam Haddam Neck ⓘ Gillette Quarry (J-J Mine; Haddam Neck Quarry)	[Muscovite] Mineralogical Magazine 1902 13 : 97-121.; Scovil, Jeffrey A. (1992): Famous Mineral Localities: the Gillette Quarry, Haddam Neck, Connecticut. (Mineralogical Record, 23(1):19-28.); Cameron, Eugene N. and others. (1954) PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS 1942-45 NEW ENGLAND. U.S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 255.
ⓘ Hewitt Gem Quarry (Herb's Gem Quarry; Sawmill Quarry)	[Muscovite var: Schernikite] Adam Berlutti collection
Portland Collins Hill Strickland pegmatite ⓘ Strickland Quarry	[Muscovite] Cameron, Eugene N., Larrabee, David M., McNair, Andrew H., Page, James T., Stewart, Glenn W., and Shainin, Vincent E. (1954): Pegmatite Investigations 1942-45 New England; USGS Professional Paper 255: 333-338.; Sterrett, Douglas B. (1923), Mica Deposits Of The United States, USGS Bulletin 740: 65-67.
ⓘ Pelton's Quarry	[Muscovite] Januzzi, Ronald. (1976), Mineral Localities of Connecticut and Southeastern New York State. Taylor Associates/Mineralogical Press, Danbury.
New Haven County ⓘ Naugatuck	[Muscovite] Anthony Scalzi collection
Illinois Calhoun Co. Gilead ⓘ Maquoketa Shale	[Muscovite var: Illite] GSA Bulletin; August 2001; v. 113; no. 8; p. 1092-1104
Maine Sagadahoc County Topsham ⓘ Fisher Quarry	[Muscovite var: Schernikite] Cliff Trebilcock collection; Clara Brennan, Samuel M. Cameron, and Mona-Liza C. Sirbescu (2016) Crystallization of the Fisher Quarry Pegmatite, Sagadahoc Co., Maine: Preliminary Insights from Fluid Inclusions. in Second Eugene E. Foord Pegmatite Symposium July 15-19, 2016 Colorado School of Mines campus, Golden, Colorado
North Carolina Catawba Co. Hickory ⓘ Martin Marietta Quarry (Hickory Quarry)	[Muscovite] K. Wood collection
Mitchell Co. Spruce Pine ⓘ Chestnut Flats Mine	[Muscovite] U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
Pennsylvania Delaware Co. Middletown Township ⓘ Sharpless' Quarry (Sharpless Quarry)	[Muscovite] Gordon, Mineralogy of Pennsylvania, 1922 p. 190
South Dakota Pennington Co. Keystone Mining District Keystone ⓘ Etta Mine	[Muscovite] Dana 6: 1088; Rocks & Minerals: 10: 121-122,146-147.; USGS Bull 380D; U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.; Norton, James J. (1964) Pegmatites and other Precambrian Rocks in the Southern Black Hills; Geology and mineral deposits of some pegmatites in the southern Black Hills, South Dakota. USGS Professional Paper 297E.
Texas Burnet Co. ⓘ Cactus Jack pegmatite	[Muscovite] F Roberts, 2006
Utah Wayne County Caineville ⓘ Basal Entrada Formation	[Gypsum var: Selenite] UGMS Bull 117 Minerals and Mineral Localities of Utah

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