 Muscovite (source code)

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= Muscovite
{title2=$\mathrm{KAl_3Si_3O_{10}(OH)_2}$}

A mica <mineral> with an idealized endmember composition $\mathrm{KAl_3Si_3O_{10}(OH)_2}$. Its formula contains one tetrahedral Al and two octahedral Al per formula unit. Under ideal independent <mixing on crystallographic sites>, an endmember <thermodynamic activity> includes all mixed sites rather than only a bulk <mole fraction>.

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