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Definition of Phlogopites
1. phlogopite [n] - See also: phlogopite
Lexicographical Neighbors of Phlogopites
Literary usage of Phlogopites
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A System of Mineralogy, Comprising the Most Recent Discoveries: Including by James Dwight Dana (1854)
"Between the two former there is a difference of composition, according to the
analyses made, and, as far as known, the optical angle of the phlogopites is ..."
2. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1851)
"Beside the phlogopites and biotites, properly so called, ... Indeed, many
phlogopites, when viewed in thin plates, appear so nearly uniaxial as scarcely to ..."
3. Chemical and Physical Researches by Josiah Parsons Cooke (1881)
"The distinction, however, between the phlogopites and the biotites is not fundamental
... In like manner the optical distinction between the phlogopites and ..."
4. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1922)
"Again: " The phlogopites are quite liable to change, loosing their elasticity,
becoming pearly in lustre, with often brownish spots as if from the hydration ..."
5. The Data of Geochemistry by Frank Wigglesworth Clarke (1908)
"Some phlogopites are nearly anhydrous, however, and it would be unwise to condemn
the reported syntheses without further investigation. ..."
6. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1861)
"B. Silliman, jr., observes that the muscovites are confined to granitic and other
igneous rocks, and the phlogopites to granular limestone and serpentine. ..."
7. Minerals in Rock Sections: The Practical Methods of Identifying Minerals in by Lea McIlvaine Luquer (1898)
"phlogopites may alter to fibrous, scaly masses, apparently chiefly talc. ...
Biotites and phlogopites are attacked by sulphuric acid at high temperatures. ..."
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