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mica
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mi·ca
/ ˈmīkə/
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n.
a shiny silicate mineral with a layered structure, found as minute scales in granite and other rocks, or as crystals. It is used as a thermal or electrical insulator.
DERIVATIVES:
mi·ca·ceous
/ mīˈkāshəs/ adj.
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Mica
Magazine article from: Mining Engineering; 6/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; The mica group represents 34 different phyllosilicate minerals that...structure. Muscovite and phlogopite are the commercially important mica minerals. Muscovite is the principal mica used. It is more abundant than phlogopite, has white color...
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Reportlinker Adds Mica - A Global Market Report.
PR Newswire; 12/2/2009; 700+ words
; ...market research report is available in its catalogue: Mica - A Global Market Report http://www.reportlinker.com/p0164416/Mica---A-Global-Market-Report.html The Mica industry's activity and progress is significantly impacted...
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Mica: strength and sheen.
Magazine article from: Paint & Coatings Industry; 5/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...illustrated in Figure 1. [FIGURE 1 OMITTED] Mica is well-known for its ready delamination...muscovite plates. [FIGURE 2 OMITTED] Mica Grades Fillers Most filler and pigment grade micas are derived from flake mica, which is collected by the centrifugation...
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MICA
Magazine article from: Mining Engineering; 6/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; The mica group represents 34 phyllosilicate minerals that exhibit...layered or platy structure. Commercially important mica minerals are muscovite and phlogopite. Muscovite is the principal mica used. It is more abundant, is white and has superior...
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MICA Defeats Year 2000 Menace
PR Newswire; 11/4/1996; 700+ words
; ...Texas, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- MICA Accounting Software has announced the availability of Release 3.00 of its MICA IV accounting software -- software that...Chris Oliver, director of marketing for MICA. "Furthermore, many of the companies...
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MICA Ranked Among Top Four Nationally By U.S. News & World Report In 2008-09 Best Graduate Schools Edition
News Wire article from: Targeted News Service; 11/11/2008; 700+ words
; ...release: Maryland Institute College of Art MICA's Master of Fine Arts programs were ranked...universities, according to the magazine. MICA was nominated for inclusion in the survey...excellence" in the area of fine arts. MICA has long been recognized as one of the...
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MICA Faculty, Alumni Receive Individual Artist Awards From Maryland State Arts Council
News Wire article from: Targeted News Service; 3/6/2009; 604 words
; ...A number of Maryland Institute College of Art's (MICA) distinguished faculty and alumni are the recipients...Faculty winners are Susie Brandt (http://www.mica.edu/About_MICA/Administration_Faculty_Leadership/Faculty...
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Reportlinker Adds World Mica Market Report.
Business Wire; 3/24/2009; 700+ words
; ...research report is available in its catalogue. World Mica Market http://www.reportlinker.com/p098325/World-Mica-Market.html This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Mica in Metric Tons. The specific product segments analyzed...
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Mica Announces Plans To Step Down As CUNA CEO.(General News)(Dan Mica retires from Credit Union National Association)
Magazine article from: Credit Union Journal; 8/31/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Staff WASHINGTON-CUNA President Dan Mica announced last week he will retire as head...s largest trade group in January 2011. Mica, 65, took over CUNA in 1996 as it was...for HR 1151 came just a few months after Mica took over CUNA and helped build both the...
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Mica from northern New Mexico pegmatites. (New Mexico Afield).
Magazine article from: New Mexico Journal of Science; 12/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Economically significant deposits of the mica minerals biotite and muscovite have been...formation of abundant hydrous phases. Mica is the family name given to a broad group...basal cleavage. They share the general mica formula K[M.sub.2-3]([AlSi...
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mica
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...crystallize in the monoclinic system, but mica is most commonly found in the form of scales and sheets. All the micas have an excellent basal cleavage, splitting...important micas are muscovite (potassium mica) and phlogopite (magnesium mica...
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micas
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences
micas An important group of phyllosilicates (sheet silicates) with a 2...4 , where Y = Mg, Fe, Fe 3+ , or Al, and Z = Si or Al; the micas include the common micas already mentioned, plus glauconite , lepidolite , and zinnwaldite...
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hydrous mica
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences
hydrous mica ( illite ) See CLAY MINERALS .
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Carolina Micaëlis de Vasconcelos
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Carolina Micaëlis de Vasconcelos , 1851-1925, Portuguese scholar, b. Berlin. As a youth she gained a considerable reputation as...
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margarite
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences
...has the typical appearance of mica, but is much harder than common mica types. Cleavage sheets are...elastic than those of the common micas and hence margarite is a member of the ‘brittle mica’ group. At one time...
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