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Muscovite

White Mica

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Colorless to pale-toned, pearly luster on cleavage faces, perfect basal cleavage splitting into thin elastic sheets. Occurs as massive 'books' in pegmatites and as flaky grains in many rock types; the fine-grained white to pale-green form is called sericite.

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