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Muscovite from
Pressley Sapphire Mine, Canton, Haywood County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Comments: A corundum bearing syenite pegmatite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Sapphire1 photo of Muscovite associated with Sapphire at this locality.
Corundum1 photo of Muscovite associated with Corundum at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pressley Sapphire Mine, Canton, Haywood County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:20849
Long-form Identifier:1:3:20849:9
GUID (UUID V4):01f851df-1f9c-4bc1-a4b6-8e2010f3a939
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
20.3km (12.6 miles) Alexander Mine, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
22.3km (13.9 miles) Putnam Mine, Haywood County, North Carolina, USA
22.9km (14.2 miles) Big Ridge Mine, Haywood County, North Carolina, USA
23.1km (14.4 miles) W. T. Wilson Mine, Haywood County, North Carolina, USA
23.4km (14.6 miles) Gibson Mine, Haywood County, North Carolina, USA
23.8km (14.8 miles) Fred Nichols Mine, Haywood County, North Carolina, USA
24.3km (15.1 miles) I. T. Wells Mine, Haywood County, North Carolina, USA
24.6km (15.3 miles) Shining Rock prospect, Haywood County, North Carolina, USA
25.1km (15.6 miles) Spruce Ridge Mine, Haywood County, North Carolina, USA
26.8km (16.6 miles) Shiny Mine, Haywood County, North Carolina, USA
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