Muscovite var. Sericite with Gold
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Description:
Specimen is pale blue-green to pale yellow-green to white in color. Gold-brown spots of thin gold leaf.
- Site: SC; Lancaster Co.
- Site Number: NH42
- Chemical Composition: Phyllosilicate
- Crystal System: Monoclinic
- Specific Gravity: 2.83 g/cm3
- Hardness: 02
- Luster: Pearly
- Streak: White
- Fracture: Micaceous
- Collection: Geology Collection
- Object Name: Muscovite
- Object Id: GM4
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