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  2. Muscovite - Wikipedia

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    Muscovite. Muscovite (also known as common mica, isinglass, or potash mica[6]) is a hydrated phyllosilicate mineral of aluminium and potassium with formula KAl 2 (Al Si 3 O 10) (F,O H) 2, or (KF) 2 (Al 2 O 3) 3 (SiO 2) 6 (H 2 O). It has a highly perfect basal cleavage yielding remarkably thin laminae (sheets) which are often highly elastic.

  3. Mica - Wikipedia

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    Mica Sheet is a versatile and durable material widely used in electrical and thermal insulation applications. It exhibits excellent electrical properties, heat resistance, and chemical stability. Technical grade sheet mica is used in electrical components, electronics, in atomic force microscopy and as window sheets.

  4. Maryland Institute College of Art - Wikipedia

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    Blue & Yellow (traditionally) Green & Brown (more recently) Website. mica.edu. The Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) is a private art and design college in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1826 as the Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts, it is regarded as one of the oldest art colleges in the United States.

  5. Schist - Wikipedia

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    Schist (/ ˈʃɪst / SHIST) is a medium-grained metamorphic rock showing pronounced schistosity. This means that the rock is composed of mineral grains easily seen with a low-power hand lens, oriented in such a way that the rock is easily split into thin flakes or plates. This texture reflects a high content of platy minerals, such as mica ...

  6. Biotite - Wikipedia

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    Biotite. Biotite is a common group of phyllosilicate minerals within the mica group, with the approximate chemical formula K (Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(F,OH)2. It is primarily a solid-solution series between the iron - endmember annite, and the magnesium -endmember phlogopite; more aluminous end-members include siderophyllite and eastonite. Biotite was ...

  7. Granite - Wikipedia

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    Differing amounts of muscovite, biotite, and hornblende -type amphiboles. Granite (/ ˈɡrænɪt / GRAN-it) is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly cools and solidifies underground.

  8. Irish defective block crisis - Wikipedia

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    Irish defective block crisis. Excessive Mica minerals in concrete blocks. The Irish defective block crisis affects several counties within the Republic of Ireland. To date the counties most severely impacted have been County Donegal and County Mayo, with other counties displaying a currently smaller amount of affected buildings.

  9. Chlorite group - Wikipedia

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    The chlorites are the group of phyllosilicate minerals common in low-grade metamorphic rocks and in altered igneous rocks. Greenschist, formed by metamorphism of basalt or other low-silica volcanic rock, typically contains significant amounts of chlorite. Chlorite minerals show a wide variety of compositions, in which magnesium, iron, aluminium ...