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Definition of Mica

Mica
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.

Meaning of Mica from wikipedia

- Micas (/ˈmaɪkəz/ MY-kəz) are a group of silicate minerals whose outstanding physical characteristic is that individual mica crystals can easily be split...
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- The MICA (French: Missile d'Interception, de Combat et d'Auto-défense, lit. 'Missile for Interception, Combat and Auto(or Self)-defense') is a French anti-air...
- metamorphosed from mudstone is particularly common and is often very rich in mica (a mica schist). Where the type of the original rock (the protolith) is discernible...
- Micaela "Mica" Argañaraz (born 16 May 1992) is an Argentine model and artist. She is best known for being a Chanel and a Versace muse, having been referred...
- Cameron Mica Boyce (May 28, 1999 – July 6, 2019) was an American actor. He began his career as a child actor, appearing in the 2008 films Mirrors and Eagle...
- Mic****e Antoinette Wallen MBE (born 27 April 1969), known professionally as Mica Paris (/ˈmiːʃə/ MEE-shə), is an English singer, presenter, and actress. Her...
- Micaela Rachel "Mica" Levi[pronunciation?] (born February 1987), also known by their stage name Micachu, is an English musician, composer, producer, singer...
- Mica Dam is a hydroelectric embankment dam spanning the Columbia River 135 kilometres north of Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada. It was built as one...
- Mica Ertegun was a Romanian-American interior designer and philanthropist. Mica Ertegun, born Ioana Maria Banu on October 21, 1926, in Bucharest, Romania...