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More model informationThe structure of muscovite showing silicate tetrahedra (in blue) arranged in continuous sheets perpendicular to the z-axis (which is vertical in the initial view). Alumina octahedra (cyan) ar arranged in parallel sheets between vertices of the octahedra, while potassium ions occupy the large A-site (purple).
This model was uploaded via a vrml export from the freeware Vesta. Data for albite were downloaded from the American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database.
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