Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A variety of muscovite, or common mica, containing a small amount of chromium. It has a green color. Also called
chrome-mica .
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- noun mineralogy A green variety of
muscovite
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Examples
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"The quartzite shows granoblastic and blastopsammitic texture, with grain sizes varying from coarse sand to very fine pebble and with minor microcrystals of sericite, fuchsite, andalusite and iron oxide, besides detrital tourmaline, rutile, and zircon." link
Archive 2008-03-01 ReBecca Foster 2008
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"The quartzite shows granoblastic and blastopsammitic texture, with grain sizes varying from coarse sand to very fine pebble and with minor microcrystals of sericite, fuchsite, andalusite and iron oxide, besides detrital tourmaline, rutile, and zircon." link
Geological Definition of the Day (#2) ReBecca Foster 2008
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Most aventurine is of reddish brown or yellow colour, but a green variety, containing scales of fuchsite or chrome-mica, is also known.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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Sericite alteration is ubiquitous within the sheared rocks, and fuchsite and biotite have been observed locally.
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Sericite alteration is ubiquitous within the sheared rocks, and fuchsite and biotite have been observed locally.
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Sericite alteration is ubiquitous within the sheared rocks, and fuchsite and biotite have been observed locally.
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Alteration is characterized by carbonates and fuchsite in ultramafic rocks and by hematite in dykes.
Aurizon Announces Further Drill Results From the Fayolle Project - Yahoo! Finance 2010
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The quartzites locally contain fuchsite (chrome mica) where proximal to the mineralization.
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March 7, 2016