Yellow muscovite from
Brazil
Brendan M. Laurs1,
George R. Rossman2, Michele Macri3,
William B. SImmons4, Alexander U. Falster4
1Gemological
Institute of America, Carlsbad, CA, USA.
2Division
of Geology and Planetary Science, California Institute of Technology,
USA.
3Museo di Mineralogia, Universitá "La Sapienza",
Rome Italy.
4University of New Orleans, Louisiana
Abstract:
A
gem-quality
yellow mica from Itinga in the Araçuaí pegmatite district,
Minas
Gerais, Brazil., is characterized