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damourite
Mica Mi"ca, n. [L. mica crumb, grain, particle; cf. F. mica.] (Min.) The name of a group of minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic. They differ widely in composition, and vary in color from pale brown or yellow to green or black. The transparent forms are used in lanterns, the doors of stoves, etc., being popularly called isinglass. Formerly called also cat-silver, and glimmer. Note: The important species of the mica group are: muscovite, common or potash mica, pale brown or green, often silvery, including damourite (also called hydromica); biotite, iron-magnesia mica, dark brown, green, or black; lepidomelane, iron, mica, black; phlogopite, magnesia mica, colorless, yellow, brown; lepidolite, lithia mica, rose-red, lilac. Mica (usually muscovite, also biotite) is an essential constituent of granite, gneiss, and mica slate; biotite is common in many eruptive rocks; phlogopite in crystalline limestone and serpentine. Mica diorite (Min.), an eruptive rock allied to diorite but containing mica (biotite) instead of hornblende. Mica powder, a kind of dynamite containing fine scales of mica. Mica schist, Mica slate (Geol.), a schistose rock, consisting of mica and quartz with, usually, some feldspar.
Damourite
Damourite Dam"our*ite (d[a^]m"[oo^]*[imac]t), n. [Ater the French chemist Damour.] (Min.) A kind of Muscovite, or potash mica, containing water.

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- Damour (Arabic: الدامور) is a Lebanese Christian town that is 20 km (12 mi) south of Beirut. The name of the town is derived from the name of the Phoenician...
- The Damour m****acre took place on 20 January 1976, during the 1975–1990 Lebanese Civil War. Damour, a Maronite Christian town on the main highway south...
- Lisa Kendall Damour (born November 7, 1970) is an American clinical psychologist, author, and podcaster specializing in the development of teenagers. She...
- Look up Damour in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Damour is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alexis Damour (1808–1902), French mineralogist...
- Marie C. Damour is an American diplomat who is the current Amb****ador to Fiji, serving concurrently as the amb****ador to Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu...
- Mathieu Damours (d’Amours) de Freneuse (baptized March 14, 1657 – 1696) was a seigneur in Acadia and member of the Conseil Souverain of New France. He...
- of Damour (5–9 July 1941) was the final major operation of the Australian forces during the Syria-Lebanon Campaign of World War II. In 1941, Damour was...
- Augustin Alexis Damour (19 July 1808, in Paris – 22 September 1902, in Paris) was a French mineralogist who was also interested in prehistory. In 1827...
- D'Amours is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Jacques D'Amours (born 1956/57), Canadian billionaire businessman Jean-Claude D'Amours...
- July): part of the advance on central and northern Syria from Iraq Battle of Damour (5–9 July): part of the advance on Beirut from Palestine Battle of Beirut...