so I'm a landscaper and I was excavating on this property that used to be an old Mica mine some time ago, maybe before 1940's, and I found a mica deposit. i recovered about 10gal of Mica, mostly Muscovite and Biotite it was cool how i could pull the "books"? of it out of the crevasse with my hands, no tools required. reminded me of the colour of camera film, if film was plates. super interesting. just wondered if you knew of any old films depicting or documentation on how the Mica was mined back in the day. where i was would have clearly been an open pit mine. strip mined everything on the surface but what i found was nestled between 2 boulders under the surface and we hand dug maybe 2 feet down no end in sight. Amazing discovery now I have to sort the pails of minerals i have. the last bit of mica I found looked like "dragon scale" it was abundant but it was flakier, not sure if that word properly describes it. could possible not even be mica I'm no expert. there was also was a mysterious blue/Green mineral wasn't translucent. Edit: Might have found Pyrite, maybe I'll have to clean the bigger finds
I don't know of any videos showing mica mining. Personally I can only think of once where I've ever really seen the "books" in person. Even then they were mostly coin sized. Pretty cool that you got to see that.
Studies in 2007 found that life may have begun between two sheets of mica. I spend a lot of time peeling sheets and making guitar picks. Completely mesmerized by the colors inside and love placing it under my microscope to see the "swimmers". All of my books are biotite.
You're right, a majority of US lithium mining is done on dry lake beds in the southwest, with higher margins than mining lepidolite from pegmatites. The Stewart Lithia in Pala, CA started out as a lepidolite mine but is far more known for the world-class elbaite tourmaline specimens that have been discovered there. It is also one of the most mapped gem mines in North America.
I have a 30-35 lb. "book" of white, transparent muscovite mica. I am looking to sell this piece, as it is of exceptional quality. Do you have any idea how I might vend this?
so I'm a landscaper and I was excavating on this property that used to be an old Mica mine some time ago, maybe before 1940's, and I found a mica deposit. i recovered about 10gal of Mica, mostly Muscovite and Biotite it was cool how i could pull the "books"? of it out of the crevasse with my hands, no tools required. reminded me of the colour of camera film, if film was plates. super interesting.
just wondered if you knew of any old films depicting or documentation on how the Mica was mined back in the day. where i was would have clearly been an open pit mine. strip mined everything on the surface but what i found was nestled between 2 boulders under the surface and we hand dug maybe 2 feet down no end in sight. Amazing discovery now I have to sort the pails of minerals i have.
the last bit of mica I found looked like "dragon scale" it was abundant but it was flakier, not sure if that word properly describes it. could possible not even be mica I'm no expert.
there was also was a mysterious blue/Green mineral wasn't translucent.
Edit: Might have found Pyrite, maybe I'll have to clean the bigger finds
I don't know of any videos showing mica mining. Personally I can only think of once where I've ever really seen the "books" in person. Even then they were mostly coin sized. Pretty cool that you got to see that.
Studies in 2007 found that life may have begun between two sheets of mica. I spend a lot of time peeling sheets and making guitar picks. Completely mesmerized by the colors inside and love placing it under my microscope to see the "swimmers". All of my books are biotite.
You're right, a majority of US lithium mining is done on dry lake beds in the southwest, with higher margins than mining lepidolite from pegmatites.
The Stewart Lithia in Pala, CA started out as a lepidolite mine but is far more known for the world-class elbaite tourmaline specimens that have been discovered there.
It is also one of the most mapped gem mines in North America.
Today I got a big piece of Muscovite from California. It’s attached to a grayish purple stone as well as a white rough looking stone. It’s so cool!!!
Hi Travis can I use this footage for my University Project I need to show and example of Mica
Yeah, sure thing.
Is it sometimes found in blue kyanite? Xx
What about phlogopite?
Nice and informative
Very nice thanks!
Are you a geologist, sir?
I have a 30-35 lb. "book" of white, transparent muscovite mica. I am looking to sell this piece, as it is of exceptional quality. Do you have any idea how I might vend this?
Your guess is as good as mine. Ebay perhaps?
Saya menemukan mineral mika silver
Hi i have mica like 2tonnes can you buy it
I have it in a Large amount 1:41