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Definition of Micas
1. mica [n] - See also: mica
Lexicographical Neighbors of Micas
Literary usage of Micas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1893)
"THE CONSTITUTION OF THE LITHIA micas. BY FW CLARKE. Received July 10, 1893.
IN a series of papers published during the past eight or nine years,1 I have ..."
2. The Data of Geochemistry by Frank Wigglesworth Clarke (1908)
"The separate existence of such a compound among the micas sheds much light upon
their constitution; but of that, more later. ..."
3. Petrographic Methods: The Authorized English Translation of Part I by Ernst Weinschenk, Robert Watson Clark (1912)
"They are distinguished from apatite by higher double refraction, from tremolite
and the brittle micas by parallel extinction in all sections, and from anda- ..."
4. Descriptive Mineralogy by William Shirley Bayley (1917)
"Some of the micas are of great economic importance, but most of them have ...
The micas may be divided into four subgroups, (1) the magnesium- iron micas, ..."
5. The Student's Manual of Geology by Joseph Beete Jukes (1872)
"They are also all biaxial, that is, have two optic axes, though one of the
commonest distinctions made between micas is the classification into uniaxial and ..."
6. Agricultural Geology by Frederick Valentine Emerson (1920)
"micas are characterized by the well-known perfect one-direction cleavage. ...
While the micas cleave very readily and so are easily broken into fine ..."
7. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Louisiana by Louisiana Supreme Court (1885)
"micas & Co. his schedule and the notes in question duly place 1 thereon, and the
proper notices (riven of the respite proceedings. ..."
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