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fuchsite

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fuchsite [′fyük‚sīt]
(mineralogy)
A bright-green variety of muscovite rich in chromium.


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Funerary mask, Guatemala, fuchsite inlaid with shell, colored with cinnabar (c.
Intersected at a shallow depth of 80 to 100 metres below surface, the gold mineralization is hosted by a package of intensely silicified and fuchsite altered ultramafic rocks.
All three drill holes intersected highly altered mafic volcanic rocks containing ankerite, sericite, fuchsite disseminated pyrite and quartz veins, similar to the lithologies hosting gold in the McEnaney Mine.
 
 
 
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