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Definition of Micaceous
1. Adjective. Hydrous silicates of or relating to or resembling mica.
Definition of Micaceous
1. a. Pertaining to, or containing, mica; splitting into laminæ or leaves like mica.
Definition of Micaceous
1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, consisting of, or containing mica. ¹
2. Adjective. Resembling mica, laminated, sparkling. ¹
3. Adjective. (figuratively) sparkling; brilliant ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Micaceous
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Micaceous
Literary usage of Micaceous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Geology of Wisconsin: Survey of 1873-1879 by Wisconsin Chief Geologist (1880)
"In the Marquette region, the micaceous varieties are usually ... C. The micaceous
conglomerate schists of .5, lead us naturally ..."
2. The Oil Fields of Crawford and Lawrence Counties by Raymond Silliman Blatchley (1913)
"Feet Feet Gray micaceous sandstone, some shale, bits of yellow limestone Thickness
Depth (small) 820 825 Gray micaceous sandstone, a little shale and ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1880)
"S. olive gray fine micaceous ; spec. 17 12 " 150 SS dark olive gray, ... 7 Red
shale, " paint rock " top soft, bottom sandy and micaceous ; specs. ..."
4. Maryland Geological Survey by Maryland Geological Survey (1898)
"At the station known as " The Rocks," the Baltimore and Lehigh Railroad and the
Deer Creek pass through a ridge of highly metamorphosed hard micaceous ..."
5. An Introduction to Mineralogy: Adapted to the Use of Schools, and Private by John Lee Comstock (1841)
"Specular and micaceous iron, are found in primitive rocks, among the other ...
In the latter county, micaceous iron forms a ridge from 500 to 600 feet high, ..."
6. Universal Geography: Or a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1824)
"The micaceous schists arc rocks which occur in great micaceous lamina, composed
of quartz and mica. ..."
7. The Geology of Worcester, Massachusetts by Joseph Hartshorn Perry, Benjamin Kendall Emerson (1903)
"Here this same micaceous quartzite appears in the midst of the Carboniferous
phyllite. ... In other words the micaceous quartzite at Quinsigamond is the ..."
8. Final Report by New Jersey Geological Survey (1904)
"THE micaceous, TALC-LIKE CLAY. Immediately below the Alloway clay there occurs,
in the vicinity of Woodstown and towards Ewan Mills, a thin bed of white, ..."
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