Fuchsite
Omi river
Omi, Itoigawa city, Niigata pref., Japan
IMA approved name
Muscovite var. fuchsite
Field of view: 30 mm. Green fuchsite. The bright green micaceous crystals are fuchsite. The surrounding gray micaceous parts are muscovite or paragonite.
Recovered from pelitic schist, a tectonic block in Oeyama Ophiolite.
Fuchsite from this location was described in 1982.
Other localities
- Omi river (High-P metamorphic, Foliate)
- Yorii (High-P metamorphic, Foliate)