Phlogopite Definition

flŏgə-pīt
noun
A brown, monoclinic mica, K(Mg,Fe)3AlSiO10(OH,F)2, used mainly as an electrical insulator.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Phlogopite

Noun

Singular:
phlogopite
Plural:
phlogopites

Origin of Phlogopite

  • Greek phlogōpos fiery-looking (phlox phlog- flame bhel-1 in Indo-European roots) (ōps ōp- eye, face okw- in Indo-European roots) –ite

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From German Phlogopit, from Ancient Greek ϕλογωπός (Ï•logōpos, “fiery-looking") +"Ž -ite.

    From Wiktionary

Phlogopite Sentence Examples

  • Calc-schists are usually argillaceous limestones in which a large development of biotite or phlogopite has occasioned foliation.

  • The principal members of the group are muscovite, biotite, phlogopite and lepidolite.

  • To the first class, with the optic axial plane perpendicular to the plane of symmetry, belong muscovite, lepidolite, paragonite, and a rare variety of biotite called anomite; the second class includes zinnwaldite, phlogopite, lepidomelane and most biotites.

  • Muscovite and biotite are commonly found in siliceous rocks, whilst phlogopite is characteristic of calcareous rocks.

  • The commercially valuable micas of Canada and Ceylon are mainly phlogopite (q.v.), which has a rather different mode of occurrence.

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