PAS-130a
Annite
Rockport, Cape Ann, Essex Co., Massachusetts (TYPE LOCALITY)
Small Cabinet, 6.8 x 5.4 x 4.6 cm
Ex. Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences
SOLD
According to MINDAT this is an extremely rare member of the Mica Group in the Biotite-Phlogopite Series. Regardless, its the most oddly crystallized mica I have seen. It looks more like a dark phosphate than a mica. From the TYPE LOCALITY where it was first noted in 1868!