muscovite
muscovite An important rock-forming
mineral and member of the mica group with composition K
2Al
4[Si
3AlO
10]
2(OH,F)
4 (see
MICAS); when K is replaced by Na the mineral is called paragonite and is related to the
phyllosilicates (sheet silicates)
lepidolite and
zinnwaldite (both lithium-bearing micas); sp. gr. 2.8–2.9;
hardness 2.5–3.0;
monoclinic; normally colourless to very pale grey to green or light brown; vitreous to pearly
lustre; crystals
tabular,
hexagonal, and also occur in foliated masses and disseminated flakes;
cleavage basal perfect {001}; widely distributed in
igneous alkali granites, in
pegmatites, as a
secondary mineral resulting from the decomposition of
feldspars, and can be a major constituent of
clastic sediments (e.g.
sandstone and
silts).
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Broken Glass: Caleb Cushing and the Shattering of the Union.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Journal of Southern History; 5/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; Broken Glass: Caleb Cushing and the Shattering of the Union. By John M. Belohlavek. Civil...in attempting to cushion the precipitous fall in reputation that Caleb Cushing has suffered since Harvard University absurdly ranked him among...
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Belohlavek, John M.: Broken Glass: Caleb Cushing and the Shattering of the Union.(Book review)
Magazine article from: History: Review of New Books; 3/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Belohlavek, John M. Broken Glass: Caleb Cushing and the Shattering of the Union...2005 All but forgotten today, Caleb Cushing was a nineteenth-century intellectual...he has succeeded in retrieving Caleb Cushing from historical obscurity, Belohlavek...
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Broken Glass: Caleb Cushing and the Shattering of the Union
Magazine article from: The Journal of Southern History; 5/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; Broken Glass: Caleb Cushing and the Shattering of the Union. By...precipitous fall in reputation that Caleb Gushing has suffered since Harvard University...development that took a fateful turn when Cushing allied himself with President John Tyler...
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Broken Glass: Caleb Cushing and the Shattering of the Union.('Henry Wilson and the Coming of the Civil War', 'William Lowndes Yancey and the Coming of the Civil War')(Book review)
Magazine article from: Journal of the Early Republic; 12/22/2008; ; 700+ words
; Broken Glass: Caleb Cushing and the Shattering of the Union. By John M. Belohlavek. (Kent...Eric Walther offer new biographies of three leading Americans--Caleb Cushing, Henry Wilson, and William Lowndes Yancey, respectively--focused...
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A People at War: Civilians and Soldiers in America's Civil War/Banners South: A Northern Community at War/August Willich's Gallant Dutchmen: Civil War Letters from the 32nd Indiana Infantry/Broken Glass: Caleb Cushing and the Shattering of the Union
Magazine article from: The Journal of American Culture; 6/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Infantry Translated and Edited by Joseph R. Reinhart. Kent: Kent State University Press, 2006. Broken Glass: Caleb Cushing and the Shattering of the Union John M. Beloblavek. Kent: Kent State University Press, 2005. Because there is...
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Witches top Gardiner Cushing pitches in to lead Brewer past Tigers
Newspaper article from: Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME; 6/10/2006; 700+ words
; GARDINER - Corey Cushing scattered seven hits while...baseball action Friday. Cushing and Mitch Peasley each singled...7) 000 110 0 - 2 7 2 Cushing and Adams; Stilphen and...a run for the Vikings. Caleb Ashey and Sean Johnson each...
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Cushing leads Brewer past Vikes, to final
Newspaper article from: Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME; 6/7/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Saturday's game, Brewer's Cushing struck out eight and walked...coach Dave Morris said that Cushing's pitching was the key...14-4) 000 110 0 - 2 2 1 Cushing and Peasley; McDonnell, Saunders...doubled and singled with a RBI. Caleb Ashey and Elijah Brazier each...
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Macao: The Shadow Land.
Magazine article from: World Policy Journal; 12/22/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...seek territory. In July 1844, Caleb Cushing, a congressman from Massachusetts...and commerce" was signed by Caleb Cushing and Qiying. The Treaty of Wang...the missionaries who served as Caleb Cushing's translators in Macao were...
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Supreme Court Nominees Rejected By the Senate; Politics Has Marked the Debates Series Number: 1/2
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 9/16/1987; ; 700+ words
; ...embarrassed nominee asked Grant to withdraw his name. Caleb Cushing, 1874 Grant tried again to appoint a chief justice and in January 1874 sent the name of Massachusetts attorney Caleb Cushing to the Senate. Despite being 74 years old, Cushing...
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Mexican War fought by few
Magazine article from: VFW, Veterans of Foreign Wars Magazine; 1/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Southwest) and advanced commerce with Canada and Japan. CALEB CUSHING (1800-1879) b. Salisbury, Mass. U.S. Attorney...part in American public affairs for a half century, Caleb Cushing was one of the most learned men of his generaton. Because...
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Cushing, Caleb
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
CUSHING, CALEB Caleb Cushing was a lawyer, politician, diplomat, and statesman who served...Union worth having, the only Union possible to keep." — Caleb Cushing Returning to the United States, Cushing ran for Congress in 1832...
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Caleb Cushing
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Caleb Cushing 1800-1879, American statesman, b. Salisbury, Mass. After practicing...his opposition program. As the first American commissioner to China, Cushing negotiated (1844) the opening of the ports of China to U.S. trade...
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Hall Jackson Kelley
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...1835, when he returned to Boston. He subsequently wrote a "memoir" on Oregon, which was presented to Congress by Caleb Cushing. Bibliography: See biography by F. W. Powell (1917); Fred W. Powell, ed., Hall J. Kelley on Oregon (1932...
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Morrison Remick Waite
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...War or the Reconstruction era. Capable and noncontroversial, Waite was named by President Ulysses S. Grant to join Caleb Cushing and William M. Evarts as counsel before the tribunal hearing the Alabama Claims against England for Civil War damages...
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Franklin Pierce
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...composition of his cabinet, for which he chose such outstanding sectional representatives as Marcy, Jefferson Davis , and Caleb Cushing . A vigorous expansionist foreign policy was adopted, but it failed in most of its objectives. After the Black Warrior...
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