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A kind of mica having generally a peculiar bronze-red or copperlike color and a pearly luster. It is a silicate of aluminia, with magnesia, potash, and some fluorine. It is characteristic of crystalline limestone or dolo…

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  1. n. A kind of mica having generally a peculiar bronze-red or copperlike color and a pearly luster. It is a silicate of aluminia, with magnesia, potash, and some fluorine. It is characteristic of crystalline limestone or dolomite and serpentine. See Mica.
  2. n. a brown form of mica consisting of hydrous silicate of potassium and magnesium and aluminum
  3. A kind of mica having generally a peculiar bronze-red or copperlike color and a pearly luster. It is a silicate of aluminia, with magnesia, potash, and some fluorine. It is characteristic of crystalline limestone or dolomite and serpentine. See Mica.
  4. A kind of mica having generally a peculiar bronze-red orcopperlike color and a pearly luster. It is a silicate of aluminia,with magnesia, potash, and some fluorine. It is characteristic ofcrystalline limestone or dolomite and serpentine. See Mica.
  5. n a brown form of mica consisting of hydrous silicate of potassium and magnesium and aluminum