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Biotite is a
common group of
phyllosilicate minerals within the mica group, with the
approximate chemical formula K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(F,OH)2. It is primarily...
- not as
useful for
rocks in
other facies with
higher Ca-garnets and
mixed biotites.
Several calibrations have been
completed that take into
account the non-ideal...
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somewhat equigranular matrix of
feldspar and
quartz with
scattered darker biotite mica and
amphibole (often hornblende)
peppering the
lighter color minerals...
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minor amounts of
muscovite mica as the
lighter colored mineral components.
Biotite and
amphiboles often in the form of
hornblende are more
abundant in granodiorite...
- also be
named after a
characteristic component such as
garnet gneiss,
biotite gneiss,
albite gneiss, and so forth.
Orthogneiss designates a
gneiss derived...
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known as
magnesium mica.
Phlogopite is the
magnesium endmember of the
biotite solid solution series, with the
chemical formula KMg3AlSi3O10(F,OH)2. Iron...
- effect.
Vermiculite forms by the
weathering or
hydrothermal alteration of
biotite or phlogopite.
Large commercial vermiculite mines exist in the
United States...
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Formation consists chiefly of
biotite-quartz
phyllite and chlorite-
biotite phyllite intercalated with
minor amounts of
biotite-sericite-quartz schist. Between...
- 40 Ar that has ac****ulated. The
minerals best
suited for
dating include biotite, muscovite,
metamorphic hornblende, and
volcanic feldspar;
whole rock samples...
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Other minerals common in
minor amounts include sodium-rich pyroxene,
biotite, titanite, iron oxides, apatite, fluorite,
melanite garnet, and zircon...
