: any of various colored or transparent mineral silicates crystallizing in monoclinic forms that readily separate into very thin leaves
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Granite can be of various colors, dotted with the black mica nests.
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David Bressan, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
These prints sometimes included mica dust to give them their sparkling effect, which Grand Seiko has achieved with entirely different techniques on the SBGA509 and SBGA507.
—Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 1 Aug. 2024
Artisans give demonstrations there a few times a year, and that morning Clarence Cruz, a ceramics professor at the University of New Mexico and a member of the Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo, explained his specialty, cookware made from clay mixed with mica.
—Lia Picard, Travel + Leisure, 16 Oct. 2024
The town’s pegmatites are composed of about 65 percent feldspar, 25 percent quartz, 8 percent mica and trace amounts of other minerals.
—Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2024
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David Bressan, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
These prints sometimes included mica dust to give them their sparkling effect, which Grand Seiko has achieved with entirely different techniques on the SBGA509 and SBGA507.
—Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 1 Aug. 2024
Artisans give demonstrations there a few times a year, and that morning Clarence Cruz, a ceramics professor at the University of New Mexico and a member of the Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo, explained his specialty, cookware made from clay mixed with mica.
—Lia Picard, Travel + Leisure, 16 Oct. 2024
The town’s pegmatites are composed of about 65 percent feldspar, 25 percent quartz, 8 percent mica and trace amounts of other minerals.
—Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Mica.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mica. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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mica
noun
mi·ca
ˈmī-kə 
: any of various minerals that contain silicon and can be separated easily into thin often transparent sheets
Medical Definition
mica
noun
mi·ca
ˈmī-kə
: any of various colored or transparent mineral silicates crystallizing in monoclinic forms that readily separate into very thin leaves
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