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mica ()

noun

any of a group of minerals that are complex silicates that crystallize in thin, somewhat flexible, translucent or colored, easily separated layers, including muscovite, biotite, and lepidolite: mica is resistant to heat and electricity

Etymology: ModL < L, a crumb, grain (< IE *(s)meik-, var. of base *(s)mei-, to smear, rub over > OE smitte, a smudge): sense infl. by micare, to shine, glitter < IE *meik-, to flicker, blink

mica Related Forms
mi·ca·ceous (-kās̸həs) adjective
mica Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • cleave: Physical adsorption was investigated on freshly cleaved mica surfaces.
  • contain: Micaceous: containing the mineral mica, recognizable by the reflections of its single cleavage planes.
  • call: Another mineral called mica is ground up to add glitter to lipsticks and nail varnish.
  • have: As before stated tin will never be found far from granite, and that granite must have white mica as one of its constituents.
  • base: Iridescent White; A mica based pigment which makes a pearlescent white.

Adjective modifier

  • white: Angular quartz and a variable quantity of white mica up to 0. 1mm across.
  • White: White mica is commonly found but quartz is rare.
  • sparkling: Their effect can have dazzling and uplifting effects on a home with sparkling mica washes, sunny casein paints and sculptural bas relief work.

Modifies a noun

  • schist: We also found some iron pyrites associated with mica schist 's, the crystals were moderately good.
  • substrate: Ni 2+ ions were used in the DNA solutions to help the DNA bind to the mica support substrate.
  • plate: Just a small collection from the spectrum of colors that you can expect from a mica plate like this.
  • sheet: Fig 4. Prototype nothing more than a cut-off cotton bud with mica sheet under test, hand rotated or tilted in the light path.
  • capacitor: For high voltage, small value capacitors, you will also find mica capacitors.
  • flake: With a needle it was quite easy to cleave tiny mica flakes from this area of the rock and study under the microscope.

Noun used with modifier

  • muscovite: I have recently obtained, from my contact in the Urals, a large plate of muscovite mica.
  • silver: Inclusions are dominated by glassy quartz, but sand and silver mica are also usually present.
  • biotite: The darker bands, between 5mm and 10mm thick, are rich in biotite mica.
  • mineral: Micaceous: containing the mineral mica, recognizable by the reflections of its single cleavage planes.

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