Micaceous: alternatives and connections

Formed of, or having, two laminae, or thin plates.

Mica containing iron and magnesia, generally of a black or dark green color; -- a common constituent of crystalline rocks. See Mica.

A South African shrub (Barosma) with small leaves that are dotted with oil glands; also, the leaves themselves, which are used in medi…

A waxy substance obtained from the bark of the sugar cane, and crystallizing in delicate white laminae.

a self-sustaining nuclear reaction; a series of nuclear fissions in which neutrons released by splitting one atom leads to the splitti…

Division into laminae, like slate, with the lamination not necessarily parallel to the plane of deposition; -- usually produced by pre…

A kind of Muscovite, or potash mica, containing water.

Formation and separation of laminae or layers; one of the methods by which the various blastodermic layers of the ovum are differentia…

An instrument formerly used in removing the laminae of exfoliated bones.

To separate and come off in scales or laminae, as pieces of carious bone or of bark.

Consisting of leaves or thin laminae; having the form of a leaf or plate; as, foliaceous spar.

Mica. See Mica.

A crystalline rock, consisting, like granite, of quartz, feldspar, and mica, but having these materials, especially the mica, arranged…

A crystalline, granular rock, consisting of quartz, feldspar, and mica, and usually of a whitish, grayish, or flesh-red color. It diff…

A variety of potash mica containing water. It is less elastic than ordinary muscovite.

Between lammellae or laminae; as, interlamellar spaces.

Placed between, or containing, laminae or plates.

Capable of being split into laminae or thin plates, as mica; capable of being extended under pressure into a thin plate or strip.