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A mineral is discovered that cleaves in parallel pieces that look like pages from a book?

A mineral is discovered that cleaves in parallel pieces that look like pages from a book?
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A mineral is discovered that cleaves in parallel pieces that look like pages from a book?

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The mineral that you described is called Muscovite. The pages of the book description fits muscovite found in granite pegmatites where it is found in large crystals with a pseudohexagonal outline that are called "books".
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