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Class 8: Phyllosilicates
Antigorite  
Antigorite  Mg6[(OH)8|Si4O10]

flaky serpentine from the Antigorio valley, Piemont, Italy.
Apophyllite  
Apophyllite  KCa4[F|(Si4O10)2]

idiomorphic crystals from St. Andreasberg, Hartz Mountains, Germany.
Apophyllite  
Apophyllite  KCa4[F|(Si4O10)2]

idiomorphic crystals from West Paterson, New Jersey, USA.
Biotite  
Biotite  K(Mg,Fe)3[(OH)2|Si3AlO10]

black mica from the Gabbrobruch Radautal, Bad Harzburg, Germany.
Biotite  
Biotite  K(Mg,Fe)3[(OH)2|Si3AlO10]

black mica from Willimantic, Connecticut, USA.
Chlorite  
Chlorite  (Mg,Fe)5Al[(OH)8|Si3AlO10]

pennine from Zermatt, Switzerland.
Chlorite  
Chlorite  (Mg,Fe)5Al[(OH)8|Si3AlO10]

delessite from Fischbach, Nahe, Germany.
Chrysotile  
Chrysotile  Mg6[(OH)8|Si4O10]

fibrous serpentine from Zöblitz, Saxony, Germany.
Kaolinite  
Kaolinite  Al4[(OH)8|Si4O10]

pseudomorphs of kaolinite after feldspar from Melbur Pit, Cornwall, Great Britain.
Kaolinite  
Kaolinite  Al4[(OH)8|Si4O10]

nacrite from Kolno, Nowa Ruda (former: Kohlendorf, Neurode), Silesia, Poland.
Lepidolite  
Lepidolite  K(Li,Al)3[(F,OH)2|Si3AlO10]

lithia mica from the Black Hills, South Dakota, USA.
Muscovite  
Muscovite  KAl2[(OH)2|Si3AlO10]

zoned crystal from Snake Canyon, Utah, USA.
Muscovite  
Muscovite  KAl2[(OH)2|Si3AlO10]

tabular crystals from Royal Gorge Area, Fremont, Colorado, USA.
Phlogopite  
Phlogopite  KMg3[(F,OH)2|Si3AlO10]

tabular crystals of hexagonal habit from Perth, Ontario, Canada.
Phlogopite  
Phlogopite  KMg3[(F,OH)2|Si3AlO10]

tabular crystals of hexagonal habit from Perth, Ontario, Canada.
Pyrophyllite  
Pyrophyllite  Al2[(OH)2|Si4O10]

fibrous aggregates from Indian Gulch, California, USA.
Sepiolite  
Sepiolite  Mg4[(OH)2|Si6O15] · 2 H2O

meerschaum from Eskischehir, Anatolia, Turkey.
Smectite  
Smectite  Mg6[(OH)4|Al0.66Si7.34O20] Na0.66 · n H2O

saponite (pimelithe) with chrysoprase from Zabkowice Slaskie (former: Frankenstein), Silesia, Poland.
Smectite  
Smectite  Fe4[(OH)4|Al0.66Si7.34O20] Na0.66 · n H2O

nontronite from the Roter Bär Mine, St. Andreasberg, Hartz Mountains, Germany.
Talc  
Talc  Mg3[(OH)2|Si4O10]

steatite from Göpfersgrün, Fichtelgebirge, Germany.
Talc  
Talc  Mg3[(OH)2|Si4O10]

steatite from Cornwall, Great Britain.
Zinnwaldite  
Zinnwaldite  K(Fe,Li)3[(F,OH)2|Si3AlO10]

lamellar-stallate crystals from Zinnwald, Erzgebirge, Germany.

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