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What is made from mica?

Updated: 8/9/2019
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Mica is a mineral and it is mined all over the world. It is found in large pure crystals as well as flakes.

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The mica group of sheet silicate (phyllosilicate) minerals. They chemical formulai for the various types is complicated.

Common mica (also called Muscovite ) is KAl2(AlSi3O10)(F,OH)2, or (KF)2(Al2O3)3(SiO2)6(H2O). Magnesium mica (Phlogopite) has the chemical formula KMg3AlSi3O10(F,OH)2. There are many more forms in the mica group of 37 phyllosilicate minerals. They are all distinguished by a layered texture and several other favorable materials characteristics that make them valuable in a wide range of applications.

Mica is found all over the world and mined from granitic pegmatites.

Production figures from 2010 show the most important sources to be Russia (100,000 metric tones), Finland (68,000 t), United States (53,000 t), South Korea (50,000 t), France (20,000 t) and Canada (15,000 t).

The Kodarma district in Jharkhand state in India has the largest deposits of mica in the world.

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