Phlogopite - Kinunmo (English spelling) Phlogopite

Japanese: 金雲母 - きんうんも(英語表記)phlogopite
Phlogopite - Kinunmo (English spelling) Phlogopite

A type of mica. It often forms large pseudohexagonal columnar or plate-shaped crystals. Crystals with clearly defined external shapes are usually phlogopite. Others form scale-like crystals. End-members are often found in skarns of dolomite origin, and also in ultramafic rocks and kimberlite. Most of what has traditionally been called biotite belongs to phlogopite. It is often found in granite. Those found in metamorphosed stratiform manganese deposits often contain large amounts of manganese, and in rare cases may contain barium. Large, high-quality crystals are used as insulators. The English name comes from the Greek word meaning "fiery," as some species are often reddish in color.

[Satoshi Matsubara]

[References] | Mica | Magnetic rocks | Granite | Kimberlite | Biotite | Skann minerals | Insulators | End members | Barium | Manganese [Supplementary information] | Phlogopite (Data Note)
Gold Mica
Made in Madagascar ©Shogakukan ">

Gold Mica


Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

雲母の一種。しばしば大きな擬六方柱状ないし板状の結晶をなす。結晶の外形が明瞭(めいりょう)なものはたいてい金雲母である。そのほか鱗片(りんぺん)状結晶をなすものもある。端成分に近いものは苦灰岩質起源のスカルン中によく産し、また超塩基性岩、キンバレー岩中にも産する。従来、黒雲母とよばれたものの多くは、金雲母に属する。これは花崗(かこう)岩などでよくみられる。変成層状マンガン鉱床中に産するものは、しばしばマンガンを多量に含み、まれにはバリウムを含むこともある。良質で大形の結晶は、絶縁体などに利用される。英名は、しばしば赤みを帯びたものがあるところから、「火のような」という意味のギリシア語に由来する。

[松原 聰]

[参照項目] | 雲母 | 塩基性岩 | 花崗岩 | キンバレー岩 | 黒雲母 | スカルン鉱物 | 絶縁体 | 端成分 | バリウム | マンガン[補完資料] | 金雲母(データノート)
金雲母
マダガスカル産©Shogakukan">

金雲母


出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例

<<:  Bacterial rash - rash

>>:  Kinwun Mingyi (English spelling)

Recommend

Angama - Angama

…There are three types of visiting gods in Japan....

Cardboard - Itagami (English spelling) cardboard

A general term for thick paper, also known as car...

Kaigenshinhe - Kaigenshinhe

…The Yellow River has been known since ancient ti...

Euryceros prevostii (English spelling)

…A species of bird in the family Euryceridae, or ...

New moon - Sakubougetsu

The time it takes for the moon to go around the c...

Olrik, A. (English spelling) OlrikA

…In Japan, there is a tendency to focus only on t...

Ikueisha - Ikueisha

...The first modern Japanese scholarship system w...

Civet cat (Viverrid)

A general term for a mammalian species belonging t...

Codariocalyx motorius

… D . paniculatum (L.) DC. is native to North Ame...

Turn around - turn around

Please see the "Rotational Symmetry" pa...

Charles II (le Mauvais)

…The revolt was spontaneous, but came under the l...

Fishermen's village - Gyominshuraku

...There are some settlements in Nagano Prefectur...

Oda Urakusai

Year of death: December 13, 1622 (January 24, 1622...

Wigilia - Wigilia

…The Greek system of dividing the day and night i...

Anderson, A.

…The world's largest shipping company, with t...