It is rust of iron, finely crystallized: from its resemblance to mica, it is often called micaceous iron. From Wordnik.com. [The Ethics of the Dust] Reference
It is rust of iron, finely crystallised: from its resemblance to mica, it is often called micaceous iron. From Wordnik.com. [The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing] Reference
A kind of micaceous schist, and in the western is granitic gneiss. From Wordnik.com. [The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 1, October, 1884] Reference
I'm in love with micaceous iron oxide mixed into my traslucent glazes. From Wordnik.com. [madrigle Diary Entry] Reference
The micaceous ironstone (22b) was examined and found to contain of –. From Wordnik.com. [The Land of Midian] Reference
As far as St. Florent the prevailing rocks are micaceous and beyond granitic. From Wordnik.com. [Itinerary through Corsica by its Rail, Carriage & Forest Roads] Reference
Huge masses of micaceous rocks are scattered here and there, some are of gigantic size. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
This condition is characterized by thick, red plaque with a white, silvery micaceous scale on top. From Wordnik.com. [Simple Skin Beauty] Reference
Evergreen forests form on clayey loam soils with poor humus content on top of micaceous sandstones. From Wordnik.com. [Andaman Islands rain forests] Reference
To the south and east this is replaced by Jurassic calcareous and micaceous siltstones and sandstones. From Wordnik.com. [Dong Phayayan Khao-Yai Forest Complex, Thailand] Reference
Joe noticed that the paint that remained on the wooden head had a micaceous glitter, a fancy Taos touch. From Wordnik.com. [Stallion Gate]
The hills about are all either clay slate, pure slate, or micaceous slate, the strata generally vertical. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
In the western portion, west of Atlanta and into Alabama, mica schist and micaceous saprolite are typical. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Alabama and Georgia (EPA)] Reference
It is a coarse reddish-brown fabric, slightly micaceous, with limestone inclusions and shiny black specks. From Wordnik.com. [Ceramic Studies « Interactive Dig Sagalassos – City in the Clouds] Reference
The rock, also, being micaceous slate, there was no beach, but the steep sides dipped directly beneath the water. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle] Reference
Surrounding it on all sides are micaceous schists, and in the neighborhood is a large hill of granite about 800 ft. high. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 841, February 13, 1892] Reference
An important character is the perfect micaceous cleavage parallel to the basal plane, on which plane the lustre is pearly. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
This physical property is so distinctive that all minerals that cleave in this fashion are said to have micaceous cleavage. From Wordnik.com. [Mica] Reference
Along the northern edge the Tibetan-Tethys is exposed, consisting of sandstones, micaceous quartzite, limestones and shales. From Wordnik.com. [Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Park, India] Reference
Here and there mounds of the rosy micaceous schist, still unworked, looked as if it had been washed out by the showers of ages. From Wordnik.com. [The Land of Midian] Reference
Thigan, a village containing about forty houses, and prettily situated at the foot of a hill of micaceous sandstone, on the right bank. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
The lower component of the region's Kirkwood outcrop consists of very fine, dark, micaceous sand with a pebbly glauconitic basal layer. From Wordnik.com. [Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve, New Jersey] Reference
The rolling to hilly well-dissected upland contains mostly gneiss and schist bedrock that is covered with clayey and micaceous saprolite. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of North Carolina and South Carolina (EPA)] Reference
It is the appearance of the micaceous rocks of the Ucucuamo, the name of the. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3] Reference
The rocks appeared to be sandstone at the summit, but micaceous gneiss all around. From Wordnik.com. [Himalayan Journals — Complete] Reference
We dismounted where some very micaceous stratified rock cropped out, powdered with a saline efflorescence. From Wordnik.com. [Himalayan Journals — Complete] Reference
This was describing in a very poetical manner the splendour of the micaceous and talcy slates of his country!. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3] Reference
The rocks, since leaving Tunlloong, had been generally micaceous, striking north-west, and dipping north-east. From Wordnik.com. [Himalayan Journals — Complete] Reference
This land grows rock; pink quartzite folded with granite, micaceous shist with sheets of sparkling mica everywhere. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Goa plans mega tourism circuits with Maharashtra, Karnataka] Reference
The granite is micaceous, and usually very soft, decomposing into a coarse reddish sand, that colours the Boga-panee. From Wordnik.com. [Himalayan Journals — Complete] Reference
In the mountains of the Upper Palatinate there are granitic rocks in which crystals of micaceous iron take the place of common mica. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1] Reference
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