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What is the name and color of the second mineral in the same mineral group as biotite?

April 26, 2017biotite color group Mineral

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What is the name and color of the second mineral in the same mineral group as biotite?

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Biotite is a common phyllosilicate mineral within the mica group. More generally, it refers to the dark mica series, primarily a solid-solution series between the iron-endmember annite, and the magnesium-endmember phlogopite; more aluminous endmembers include siderophyllite.