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A group of minerals having, a micaceous structure. They are hydrous silicates, derived generally from the alteration of some kind of mica. So called because the scales, when heated, open out into wormlike forms.

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  1. n. A group of minerals having, a micaceous structure. They are hydrous silicates, derived generally from the alteration of some kind of mica. So called because the scales, when heated, open out into wormlike forms.
  2. n. any of a group of yellow or brown hydrous silicate minerals having a micaceous structure
  3. A group of minerals having, a micaceous structure. They are hydrous silicates, derived generally from the alteration of some kind of mica. So called because the scales, when heated, open out into wormlike forms.
  4. A group of minerals having, a micaceous structure. They arehydrous silicates, derived generally from the alteration of some kindof mica. So called because the scales, when heated, open out intowormlike forms.
  5. n:100 n. any of a group of yellow or brown hydrous silicate minerals having a micaceous structure