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isinglass, mica
any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves; used as dielectrics because of their resistance to electricity
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hyalin, hyaline
a glassy translucent substance that occurs in hyaline cartilage or in certain skin conditions
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biotite
dark brown to black mica found in igneous and metamorphic rock
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lepidolite
a mineral of the mica group; an important source of lithium
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muscovite
a colorless or pale brown mica with potassium
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paragonite
a colorless or pale brown mica with sodium
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phlogopite
a brown form of mica consisting of hydrous silicate of potassium and magnesium and aluminum
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keratohyalin
hyaline in the large granules of the stratum granulosum
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zinnwaldite
a mica containing iron and lithium
