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biotite::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | isinglass, mica |
| Has types | lepidomelane |
| Derivation | biotitic |
Examples of biotite
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Oligoclase and biotite schist have also been pushed to the surface of the Earth.
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It contains quartz and microcline feldspar and brown biotite and also muscovite.
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It is foliated and white to cream with biotite and feldspar in large crystals.
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Vermiculite is formed by weathering or hydrothermal alteration of biotite or phlogopite.
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Magnetite, zircon, apatite, ilmenite, biotite, and garnet are common accessory minerals.
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A granite containing both muscovite and biotite micas is called a binary or two-mica granite.
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The inclusions are metamorphosed sediments and are common in biotite.
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It has more biotite and plagioclase than Shannons Flat Granodiorite.
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It is a biotite granite solidified 380 to 343 million years ago.
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- Dark brown to black mica found in igneous and metamorphic rock
- (biotitic) relating to or involving biotite
- Biotite is a common phyllosilicate mineral within the mica group, with the approximate chemical formula K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(F,OH)2. ...
- A generally dark coloured iron, magnesium and potassium rich mica.
- An important rock-forming ferromagnesian silicate with silicon-oxygen tetrahedra arranged in sheets.
- A widely distributed rock-forming mineral of the mica group. It is generally black, dark brown, or dark green and forms a component of crystalline rocks (either as an original crystal in igneous rocks, or as a product of metamorphic origin in gneisses and schists) or a detrital component of ...
- K(Mg,Fe)3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2. The dark colored, iron- and magnesium-bearing member of the mica family.
- Biotite is a common rock-forming mineral of the mica group. Source: Bates and Jackson (1984)
- Biotite is named after the French naturalist J.B.Biot. Crystals are tabular or occur as lamellar aggregates or disseminated flakes.
