Laacher See Volcanic Complex, Germany
KMg3Si4O10(OH)2
Crystal System: monoclinic
Colour: brown, gray, green, yellow, or reddish brown
Lustre: vitreous, pearly
Habitus: pseudo-hexagonal tabular to prismatic crystals. Also as coarse-grained, platy aggregates, and as small scales
Hardness: 2 - 3
Cleavage: perfect {0001}
Density: 2.79 g/cm3
Origin and geological occurrence: it occurs in ultramafic rocks (kimberlite, peridotite, lamproite, serpentinite) and in metamorphosed dolostone and Mg-rich limmestone
Samples:
9E.9 Phlogopite #phyllosilicates |