Fuchsite

ID	207
Mineral	Fuchsite
Location	Minas Gerais - Brazil
Fluorescence	LW-UV: close SW-UV: close
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Mindat data

ID	1617
Long ID	1:1:1617:5
IMA Status	0 1
Variety of	2815
Entry type	2
Description	Greenish, Cr-bearing variety of muscovite (trivalent Cr replaces Al in the crystal structure). Note that trivalent V can also cause a greenish colour in muscovite (cf. vanadian muscovite, roscoelite). Compare mariposite, a Cr-bearing phengite. Orig...
Hardness (min)	2.5
Hardness (max)	2.5
About the name	Named in 1842 by Karl F. Emil von Schafhäutl in honour of Johann Nepomuk von Fuchs [May 15, 1774 Mattenzell, near Bremberg, Lower Bavaria, Germany - March 5, 1856 Munich, Germany] professor of chemistry and mineralogy at University of Landshut and curator of the mineral collection.
Crystal System	Monoclinic

Price: € 5

Dimensions: Not registered

Weight: Not registered

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Notes:

Symbol	Element
Al	Aluminium
Cr	Chromium
H	Hydrogen
K	Potassium
O	Oxygen
Si	Silicium