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Any crystalline rock having a foliated structure (see Foliation) and hence admitting of ready division into slabs or slates. The common kinds are mica schist, and hornblendic schist, consisting chiefly of quartz with mica or hornblende and often feldspar.
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Pertaining to, or containing, mica; splitting into laminae or leaves like mica.
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An iron-potash mica, of a raven-black color, usually found in granitic rocks in small six-sided tables, or as an aggregation of minute opaque scales. See Mica.
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A granular, crystalline, ingeous rock composed of orthoclase and hornblende, the latter often replaced or accompanied by pyroxene or mica. Syenite sometimes contains nephelite (elaeolite) or leucite, and is then called nephelite (elaeolite) syenite or leucite syenite.
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Partaking of the nature of, or consisting of, mica and lime; -- applied to a mica schist containing carbonate of lime.
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A group of minerals having, a micaceous structure. They are hydrous silicates, derived generally from the alteration of some kind of mica. So called because the scales, when heated, open out into wormlike forms.
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A kind of mica containing lithium, often associated with tin ore.
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A mineral related to the micas, but low in silica and yielding brittle folia with pearly luster.
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A hidrous potash mica related to muscovite.
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A variety of potash mica containing water. It is less elastic than ordinary muscovite.
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A green micaceous mineral occurring in minute scales. It is essentially a silicate of aluminia and potash containing vanadium.
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A mineral of a brown to black color occurring in prismatic crystals, often twinned so as to form groups resembling a cross. It is a silicate of aluminia and iron, and is generally found imbedded in mica schist. Called also granatite, and grenatite.
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A mineral occurring in emerald-green tabular crystals having a micaceous structure. It is a hydrous phosphate of uranium and copper. Called also copper uranite, and chalcolite.
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A translucent mineral of a green color and micaceous structure, belonging to the chlorite group; a hydrous silicate of alumina, magnesia, and iron; -- called also clinochlore.
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A species of micaceous sandstone.
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A species of mica, of a lilac or rose-violet color, containing lithia. It usually occurs in masses consisting of small scales. See Mica.
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Capable of being split into laminae or thin plates, as mica; capable of being extended under pressure into a thin plate or strip.
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A popular name for mica, especially when in thin sheets.
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Characterized by small, detached points, chiefly composed of mica, less decomposable than the mass of the rock, and forming knots in relief on the weathered surface; as, knotted rocks.
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An igneous rock, usually light gray in color and breaking with a rough surface. It consists chiefly of orthoclase feldspar with sometimes hornblende and mica.
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