Mineral: Muscovite
Locality: Mamona pegmatite, Araçuaí, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Dimensions: 9.5 x 8 x 11 cm / main crystal: 9.5 cm
Description: Mass: 373 g
MIM number:1768
Sheets of twinned muscovite shaped as symmetrical stars with 6 branches with some albite at the base. The stars in this sample are particularly apparent, as they are often partially buried or incomplete.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence
Publication: "Paragénesis - Revista de Mineralogía 2019-2"
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