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Cochise College               
Photos of Minerals
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Roger Weller, geology instructor

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biotite book
Biotite is K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2
Biotite is also known as black mica.  It can be peeled off of a large crystal in thin

layers but with more difficulty than peeling muscovite (white mica).  Biotite does

not have economic value because it lacks the transparency and electrical insulating

properties found in muscovite.
  

 mica                                                                                                                                             biotite2
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