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Very large sheets or crystals of muscovite form in a pegmatite. From Wordnik.com. [Mica] Reference
M. Bouty returns to the study of mica (muscovite) in the Journal de. From Wordnik.com. [On Laboratory Arts] Reference
The mica group of minerals includes: biotite, muscovite, lepidolite, and phlogopite. From Wordnik.com. [Vermiculite] Reference
In 1850, James Dwight Dana formally named this mineral muscovite based on the Latin term. From Wordnik.com. [Mica] Reference
In teaching geology, micas - especially muscovite - makes an impact I can see through it!. From Wordnik.com. [5 Minerals] Reference
It seems to be a true muscovite, and is seldom marred by magnetic markings or crystalline inclusions that would interfere with its industrial use. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891] Reference
These layers can be seen in muscovite mica specimens because it can be split (mineralogists call this feature cleavage) into very thin, flexible, transparent layers. From Wordnik.com. [Mica] Reference
muscovite was always a hit with people in my general classes, especially when I wold tell the girls that some of the "minerals" in their makeup were muscovite/micas!. From Wordnik.com. [5 Minerals] Reference
The two micas used as a commodity are: brown mica or phlogopite which contains iron and magnesium; and the "reddish, green, or white (or clear) mica" or muscovite which contains potassium and aluminum. From Wordnik.com. [Mica] Reference
In the summer of 1885, a remarkably large pocket containing fine crystals of muscovite, with brilliant crystals of rutile implanted on them, was found at the Emerald and Hiddenite Mining Company's works, at Stony Point. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887] Reference
In the metamorphosed Thunderhead Sandstone it was found that at the staurolite isograd, the boundary between the garnet and staurolite zones, the mineral chlorite disappears from the rocks and muscovite decreases sharply, whereas staurolite appears and biotite becomes more abundant. From Wordnik.com. [Ken Miller in Cleveland: WEBCAST ARCHIVE URLS - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Various mineral localities occur throughout the county, of which some of the most important occur on the shore at Portsoy, as for example the gabbro masses in Portsoy Bay with enstatite, hypersthene and labradorite, the graphic granite with microcline, muscovite and tourmaline at East Head, the chiastolite-schist west of the marble quarry, the mottled serpentine with strings of chrysotile. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
Freshly cleaved muscovite mica is often used for this purpose. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Important deposits of mica (principally muscovite) are also known in. From Wordnik.com. [The Economic Aspect of Geology] Reference
Mica — A group of minerals, including muscovite or "isinglass" and biotite or black mica. From Wordnik.com. [Tseh So, a Small House Ruin, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico :] Reference
MICA (another group, primarily the minerals muscovite and biotite) comprises about 8\% of the crust. From Wordnik.com. [Netvouz - new bookmarks] Reference
Four muscovite grains separated from mylonites within the shear zone yielded 40Ar/39Ar plateau ages ranging from 128. 5-126.1 million years ago. From Wordnik.com. [EurekAlert! - Breaking News] Reference
Approximately three-fifths of this consumption is in the form of mica splittings, most of which are made from muscovite in India and part from amber mica in Canada. From Wordnik.com. [The Economic Aspect of Geology] Reference
This material is widely distributed in the State and is a constant constituent of many of the micaceous and other igneous rocks, and in flattened crystals in muscovite and biotite crystals as inclusions. From Wordnik.com. [North Carolina and its Resources.] Reference
We here investigated the variation of surface tension force and the soaking degree of water to materials through measuring the contact angles of magnetized and pure water on the surface of the materials including copper, graphite and muscovite in the range of 0°-180° under the condition of humidity of 27° using OCA40 Micro optical-vision instrument. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific Blogging] Reference
Kyanite (in blue) set in muscovite. From Wordnik.com. [Kyanite] Reference
Large sheets of muscovite form in igneous rocks. From Wordnik.com. [Mica] Reference
After an excellent dinner, which began with "Tortue clair" and went on by easy stages from "Langouste muscovite" and an excellent "Baron de. From Wordnik.com. [A Journey Through France in War Time] Reference
States is chiefly muscovite. From Wordnik.com. [The Economic Aspect of Geology] Reference
Micas biotite and muscovite. From Wordnik.com. [5 Minerals] Reference
Shark Bowl: albite-quartz-muscovite-ankerite (magnetite) altered syenite. From Wordnik.com. [Marketwire - Breaking News Releases] Reference
Associated alteration minerals include K-feldspar, sericite, kaolinite, biotite, silica, magnetite, hematite, chlorite, muscovite, jarosite, ankerite, epidote, garnet, sphene, apatite, and trace amounts of lucoxene and zircon. From Wordnik.com. [TradingMarkets] Reference
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