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Glauconite

Glauconite is an iron potassium phyllosilicate (mica group) mineral of characteristic green color which is very friable and has very low weathering resistance.

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Birefringence
δ = 0.020 – 0.032
Category
Phyllosilicate minerals
Cleavage
Perfect
Color
Blue green, green, yellow green
Crystal class
Prismatic (2/m) (same H-M symbol)
Crystal habit
Elastic platy/micaceous, or as rounded pellets/aggregates

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Glauconite

Nodes80
Edges79
Triples61
Avg. degree1.98
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Glauconite

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related to Fertilizers · 13
Glauconite → Alto Paranaíba, Bambuí Basin, Bambuí Group, Enriched, In Brazil, It, K2O, Minas Gerais, Neoproterozoic/Ediacaran, Saudade, Saudade Formation, Serra, The
related to Occurrence · 10
Glauconite → At, Black Sea, For, HMS Challenger, In, It, Jurassic/lower Cretaceous, Mediterranean Sea, Normally, The
related to Hazards · 8
Glauconite → Cretaceous, In, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Paleogene, The, When
related to Uses · 5
Glauconite → Europe, It, One, Roman Gaul, Russian
is a · 2
Glauconite → authigenic mineral and forms commonly in marine settings, iron potassium phyllosilicate
Birefringence · 1
Glauconite → δ = 0.020 – 0.032
Category · 1
Glauconite → Phyllosilicate minerals
Cleavage · 1
Glauconite → Perfect
Color · 1
Glauconite → Blue green, green, yellow green
Crystal class · 1
Glauconite → Prismatic (2/m) (same H-M symbol)

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mineral green color greensand glauconitic marl group mica found also references potassium siltstone sand phyllosilicate monoclinic deposits used sandstone organic

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GlauconiteBirefringenceδ = 0.020 – 0.0321.00infobox
GlauconiteCategoryPhyllosilicate minerals1.00infobox
GlauconiteCleavagePerfect1.00infobox
GlauconiteColorBlue green, green, yellow green1.00infobox
GlauconiteCrystal classPrismatic (2/m) (same H-M symbol)1.00infobox
GlauconiteCrystal habitElastic platy/micaceous, or as rounded pellets/aggregates1.00infobox
GlauconiteCrystal systemMonoclinic1.00infobox
GlauconiteDiaphaneityTranslucent to nearly opaque1.00infobox
GlauconiteFormula.mw-parser-output .template-chem2-su{display:inline-block;font-size:80%;line-height:1;vertical-align:-0.35em}.mw-parser-output .template-chem2-su>span{display:block;text-align:l…1.00infobox
GlauconiteGroupMica group, dioctahedral mica group1.00infobox
GlauconiteIMA symbolGlt1.00infobox
GlauconiteLusterDull, earthy1.00infobox
GlauconiteMohs scale hardness21.00infobox
GlauconiteOptical propertiesBiaxial (-); moderate relief1.00infobox
GlauconiteOther characteristicsloosely bound aggregates, crumbles radioactivity: barely detectable1.00infobox
GlauconitePleochroismX = yellow-green, green; Y = Z = deeper yellow, bluish green1.00infobox
GlauconiteRefractive indexnα = 1.590 – 1.612 nβ = 1.609 – 1.643 nγ = 1.610 – 1.6441.00infobox
GlauconiteSpace groupC2/m1.00infobox
GlauconiteSpecific gravity2.4–2.951.00infobox
GlauconiteStreakLight green1.00infobox
GlauconiteUnit cella = 5.234 Å, b = 9.066 Å, c = 10.16 Å; β = 100.5°; Z = 21.00infobox
Glauconiteis airon potassium phyllosilicate0.90text
Glauconiteis aauthigenic mineral and forms commonly in marine settings0.90text

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