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muscovite

true mica, phyllosilicate mineral; polytypes: 1M, 2A, 2M2, 3T
Class type of: dioctahedral micas Q106532

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
mineral species
Subclass of
dioctahedral micas
Chemical formula
KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂[4]
Crystal system
monoclinic crystal system[6]
Described by source
A System of Mineralogy, 3rd edition, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13][14][15]
IMA Mineral Symbol
Ms[21]
IMA status and/or rank
approved mineral and/or valid name (A)[7]
Named after
Grand Principality of Moscow[3]
Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
9.EC.10[12]
Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
9.EC.15[11]
Point group
monoclinic-prismatic[8]
Solid solution series with
aluminoceladonite, celadonite[16][17]
Space group
space group 15[9]
Streak color
white[5]
Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
VIII/E.05a[10]
Type locality (geology)
Mariposa County, Llandybie, Gilead[18][19][20]
🏷️ Also known as
en Muscovite mica en muscovite en white mica en potash mica en muscovy glass ar مسكوفيت cs Kočičí stříbro cs muskovit de Hellglimmer de Tonerdeglimmer de Serizit de Mariposit de Katzensilber el Μοσχοβίτης es alurgita es mica blanca es moscovita fa موسکویت fi Muskoviitti fr Verre de Moscou
🔖 Identifiers · 28
GND ID
4245269-7
OpenAlex ID
C2776581184
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Mineraly.sk - muskovit.jpg ↗
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300011125
COD ID
1100012
Dana 8th edition
71.2.2a.1
Elhuyar ZTH ID
008053
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/muscovite-mineral
Freebase ID
/m/0596h
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
mica-blanca
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0194214
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
muskovitt
Show all 28 identifiers +16
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2239344
IEV number
212-16-16
IMA Number, broad sense
IMA1998 s.p.
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
muscovite
KBpedia ID
Muscovite
Kivid.info ID
578
Lex ID
muskovit
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2776581184
Mindat mineral ID
2815, 10103
Minerals.net mineral and gemstone ID
mineral/muscovite
Museum-digital tag ID
60k (16k–60k, n=3)
National Historical Museums of Sweden ID
term/DCC2999C-B676-454D-8628-3CF50E553B80
PACTOLS thesaurus ID
pcrtfpt7p2xkdf
Spanish Cultural Heritage thesauri ID
materias/1031031
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
14707246-n
YSO ID
2367

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🔗 Connections
Subtypes 4
illite, sericite, fuchsite, phengite
Solid solution series with 2
celadonite, aluminoceladonite
← Solid solution series with 2
celadonite, aluminoceladonite
Belongs to 1
kaolin
Crystal system 1
monoclinic crystal system
Described by source 1
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Named after 1
Grand Principality of Moscow
Streak color 1
white
Type locality (geology) 1
Mariposa County
← FactGrid item ID 1
Bethoncourt
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Summary

muscovite is a mineral species[1]. muscovite is a type of dioctahedral micas[2].

Related Entities

Grand Principality of Moscow

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  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    IEV number → 212-16-16
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ IEV number: 212-16-16, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/102057368|muscovite (#102057368)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/3984|IEC 60050]] #mix'n'm"
  2. 10w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Point group → monoclinic-prismatic
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Point group: monoclinic-prismatic, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269342|batch #269342]]"
  3. 11w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Crystal system → monoclinic crystal system
    Named after → —
    Described by source → A System of Mineralogy, 3rd edition, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    Subclass of → —
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ COD ID: 1100012, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269035|batch #269035]]"
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