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dark brown to black mica found in igneous and metamorphic rock

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hirsuta is not a cave in the true sense, but comprises an outcrop of granitic and biotitic feldsparic gneiss that split vertically, forming a narrow rock fissure that transects the outcrop from north to south and from top to bottom (Fig.
Sporadically, but especially in the eastern part of the lens and near the lower margin, dark brown biotitic mica is abundant.
The rocks commonly also contain a second generation green amphibole, some in distinctly elongated prisms, associated with chlorite, epidote, and biotitic mica.
The Strazek Moldanubicum is formed primarily by cordierite-biotitic gneiss and migmatites, with biotitic and frequently migmatized gneiss and with the intercalated beds of amphibolites, erlan gneiss and magnesian limestone.