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FUCHSITE [2 records]

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Record 1 2011-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
DEF

A bright-green mineral of the mica group which is a chromium-bearing variety of muscovite.

CONT

Fuchsite or fuschite is a chromium mica.

OBS

fuchsite : Named after the German mineralogist Johann Nepomuk Fuchs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
DEF

Variété chromifère de muscovite.

CONT

On connaît des micas muscovites où Cr a remplacé partiellement Al; ce sont les fuschites, chez lesquelles le chrome peut être mis en évidence par voie sèche, par exemple; elles sont d'un beau vert.

OBS

fuchsite : de J.N. Fuchs, minéralogiste allemand.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mineralogía
DEF

Mica verde consistente en una variedad de moscovita que contiene cromo.

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Record 2 2007-02-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Natural Construction Materials
  • Quarries
DEF

A bright emerald-green rock containing ubiquitous white calcite and quartz veins, occurs as a discontinuous belt which is best exposed near Flat Water Pond, along the Baie Verte highway, approximately 45 km north of the Trans Canada Highway.

CONT

Polydymite and chrome-rich fuchsite in virginite from Baie Verte, Newfoundland.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Matériaux de construction naturels
  • Carrières
CONT

Polydymite et fuchsite riche en chrome dans la virginite de la Baie Verte, Terre Neuve.

Spanish

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