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Biotite is dark mica. Muscovite mica is light in color.
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What is the Fracture of Mica?
The fracture of Mica is its mineral structure.
What is another name for the mineral muscovite?
Mica :)
What is a silicate mineral known for its perfect cleavlage into thin sheets?
The mica group of minerals (phyllosilicates) fits this description.
What mineral family can the Mica mineral change to when Gneiss is formed?
pegmatite
What mineral is flat with flaky cleavage?
Mica.
What is the ore of mica?
The mineral mica occurs in large deposits in many metamorphic rocks.
What is the mica mineral symbol?
Muscovite (clear) and Biotite (black) are the commonest mica forms. Fuchsite (green) is an unusual mica containing chromium. Please see the related link below for a listing of the mica group of minerals.
What is the Fracture of Mica?
The fracture of Mica is its mineral structure.
What is another name for the mineral muscovite?
Mica :)
What mineral is often used as an insulator is electrical equipment?
Mica. Mica Mica
A mineral that can be flattened without breaking?
rutherfordium
Is the mineral mica black in color?
Different varieties of mica will appear in different colors. The two most common varieties are muscovite, which is light in color, and biotite, which appears dark brown or black.
What is a mica rock?
no it is a mineral
How does the mica mineral break?
Mica has perfect basal cleavage.
Fieldspar amd mica are examples of mineral?
Both feldspar and mica are silicates.
What is the mineral group for Mica?
micia
Is mica a compound mineral?
yes
