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Mindat Short Description

Mica Group. Biotite-Phlogopite Series. The hydroxyl analogue of Fluorophlogopite and the magnesium analogue of Hendricksite. Also, generally the micas on the Phlogopite end (magnesium end) of the Biotite-Phlogopite Series, including Phlogopite, Fluor...

Geoscience Ontology Status Notes

Breithaupt A (1841) Phengites phlogopites, Vollständiges Handbuch der Mineralogie 2, 398-399

IMA Formula (from Mindat)

KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂

RRUFF Formula (from Geoscience Ontology)

KMg₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂

Additional References

• http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/phlogopite.pdf

• http://www.webmineral.com/data/Phlogopite.shtml